Tourism vs Landscape
How tourism both supports and strains a glaciated upland: the different land uses that compete in areas such as the Lake District, the pressures that visitors put on the landscape, and the strategies used to manage them, from repairing footpaths to running public transport.
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A landscape under pressure
Glaciated uplands such as the Lake District and Snowdonia have dramatic scenery that draws millions of visitors. Tourism brings money and jobs, but the same land is also used for farming, forestry, storing water and quarrying, and these uses can clash. Large numbers of visitors also wear down the landscape they come to enjoy. This module looks at the competing land uses, the pressures tourism places on an upland, and the specific strategies used to manage those pressures. It does not cover how the landforms were made, which is a separate module.
Tourism and land use words
Learn these before you sort any pressure or strategy. The exam rewards naming specific uses and specific fixes.
What tourism gives and costs
Tourism is not simply good or bad for an upland. A strong answer weighs what it brings against the strain it puts on the place.
How to answer a management question
Answer in three specific steps. First, name the exact uses of the land that clash, such as farming against walking. Second, name the precise damage the visitors do, such as worn paths, dropped litter or blocked roads. Third, name a precise fix that matches the problem, such as rebuilding a path with stone, guiding crowds at the busiest spot, or running buses so fewer cars come in. Always be specific rather than saying the area should just be managed better.
Match the pressure to its fix
- walkers wearing paths down to bare soil
- too many cars jamming narrow roads
- crowds overwhelming the most popular spot
- litter dropped across the countryside
- rebuild the path with stone and reroute walkers
- run buses and park and ride to cut cars
- manage the busiest site with wardens and paths
- add bins and signs asking visitors to take it home
What is a honeypot site?
Which statement best describes a honeypot site?
- A very popular spot that attracts large crowds of visitors.
- A field used only for keeping bees and making honey.
- A remote place that almost no one visits.
- A lake built to store drinking water.
Pressures tourism causes
Select the TWO pressures that large numbers of tourists put on an upland.
- Footpaths worn away by many walkers
- Traffic jams on narrow country roads
- Fewer jobs for local people
- A quieter, emptier landscape
Count the spaces left
A honeypot car park has 200 spaces. By ten in the morning 175 of them are already full. Subtract to find how many spaces are still free. What is the answer?
Order how a footpath is worn and fixed
Put these steps of footpath erosion and its repair in order, earliest first.
- Many walkers use the same path
- The grass is worn away to bare soil
- Rain washes the loose soil away, widening the scar
- The path is rebuilt with stone to protect it
Complete the facts
When two different uses of the same land clash it is a land use _____. A very popular, crowded spot is called a _____ site. The wearing away of a path by many feet is footpath _____. One way to cut traffic is a park and _____ scheme, where visitors leave the car and take a bus.
Match the land use to who uses it
- hill farming
- forestry
- water storage
- quarrying
- keeping sheep on the upland slopes
- growing timber in planted woodland
- flooding a valley to make a reservoir
- digging out stone or slate from the rock
Spot the true tourism facts
Tap the TWO statements that are true about tourism in a glaciated upland.
- Heavy walking can erode footpaths
- Park and ride schemes can reduce traffic
- Tourism never conflicts with other land uses
- Tourism brings no money to the local area
Choose the management
Read each problem and choose the best specific management strategy.
- A popular route up a fell has been worn into a wide muddy scar by thousands of boots. What is the best fix?
- On summer weekends cars clog the narrow lanes into a honeypot village. What is the best fix?
- Walkers keep leaving gates open and letting dogs disturb a farmer sheep. What is the best fix?
Explain managing tourism
Explain the pressures that tourism places on a glaciated upland and how they can be managed, naming specific land uses and specific strategies.
- Name two different land uses that can conflict in an upland
- Explain two pressures that large numbers of tourists cause
- Explain one specific strategy to protect footpaths
- Explain one specific strategy to reduce traffic
- Finish with a judgement on how well tourism and the landscape can be balanced