The lake district national park gets around how many visitors a year?
15 million
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give two reasons why it is so popular?
1-tourists come to enjoy the scenery -for example large lakes (winder mere and mountains (Scafell Pike) 2-There are many activities available (bird watching , walking, ponytrekking and sailing
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give a reasons why it is so popular?
There are also cultural attractions , (the beatrix Potter and Wordsworth museams)
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Strategies are needed to cope with?
impact of tourists
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tourists cause?
traffic congestion , erode footpaths and drop litter
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What are the three strategies to cope with this which are?
coping with extra traffic , coping with erosion in footpaths , protecting wildlife and farmland
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1-How do they help to cope with extra traffic?
public transport in the area is being improved so people can leave their cars at home. There are also campaigners to encourage people to use the new services. ( they 'give the driver a break' campaign).
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2-How do they help to cope with extra traffic?
This provides leaflets that show the routes available and offers discounts at cafes and on lake cruises for people presenting bus or train tickets.
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1-How do they cope with erosion of footpaths?
solutions include encouraging visitors to use less vulnerable areas instead , 'resting' popular routes by changing the line of the paths and using more hard wearing materials for paths.
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2-How do they cope with erosion of footpaths?
For example , Tarn Hows , severely eroded paths have been covered with soil and reseeded and the main route has been gravelled to protect it
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How do they cope with protecting wildlife and farmland?
there are signs to remind visitors to take off their litter hone and covered bins are provided at the most popular sites. There have also been campaigns to encourage visitors to enjoy the countryside responsibility by closing gates and keeping dogs
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There are plans to make sure?
it keeps attracting tourists
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The official tourism strategy for Cumbria is to attract an extra two million visitors by _____ and to incraese the amount that ____ spend from £1.1 billion per year to £1.5 million per year.
2018, tourists
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Public transport will be?
improved to make the Lakes even more accessible
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Theres to be widespread advertising and marketing to make?
the area even more well known
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Farms will be more encourages to provide services like?
quad biking , clay pigeon shooting and archery alongside traditional farming, this will attract more tourists
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Timeshare developments (where people share ownership of a property but stay there at different times) are to increased to help?
bring people into the area all year round
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The strategy also aims t encourage tourism in areas outside the National Park like?
West coast , Furness and Carlisle
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To relieve?
some of the pressure on the main tourist areas ( there are plans to regenerate ports like White haven and Barrow to make them more attractive to visitors
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