Tourism management strategies

2 Honeypot management

|n2007 the Lake District NationaI Park [aunched its

'Visions for the NationaI Park in 2030'. lt aims to

Footpaths:

The'Uptand Path Landscape Restoration Project

(2002-2011)'resulted in the repair of 145 paths which

maximise economic opportunities in a sustainable way.

ln 2008 the Cumbria Tourist Board pubtished its new
tourism strategy 'Making the Dream a Reality 20082018'.

involved creating steps, surfacing with locaI stone and

re-planting native Ptants.
A severety eroded path at Whitetess Pike, Buttermere has

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been repaired using a technique calted 'stone Pitching''

Large stones are dug into the Path to create solid, hardwearingfootpaths. lt costs f1,000 Per metre.

Planning an efficient road network:

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County strategic roads, often duaI carriageways, have

been built on the edges of the Lake District to help
move traffic in and out as efficientty as possible.

Parking:
Roadsides have been fenced off so that cars cannot
damage verges.

Distributor roads [ink the small towns and key tourist

villages such as Ambleside.

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Car-park surfaces have been reinforced to prevent

damage. 'Waffles' are [arge concrete stabs with holes
in them, tike an edibte waffte. Soitfitts the hotes and
grass grows, giving a hard green surface.

Develop transport hubs to a[[ow efficient interchange

between parking, buses, boats, cycling and walking
(for example, Ambteside).
Traffic on smatter roads has been slowed down by
traffic-calming measures in vi[[ages, cattle grids in the
countryside and an overa[[ maximum speed [imit.

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Bins are provided at poputar sites and emptied

Heavy lorries should be kept off scenic roads.

regutarly.
Signs encourage peopte to be responsibte and reduce

Planning public transport:

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Where possib[e bus [anes operate in towns, although

narrow streets [imit this.

3 Property prices
This is the most difficult issue. Management strategies
cannot control house prices. LocaI authorities coutd build
more homes for rent and devetopers could erect more
low-cost homes for sa[e. Little has yet been achieved.

A park-and-ride scheme ca[[ed the 'Honister Rambter'

operates from Keswick on the edge of the NationaI
park. Ramblers are transported to popular sites where
parking is a problem, for examp[e, Catbells.
The use of tow-carbon vehicles, for exampte, buses,
have been encouraged.

4 Environmental issues
Speed [imits for boats can [imit the amount of wash caused
But to prevent erosion, speeds woutd have to be very [ol','
which clashes with the main pleasure of the sport - going
fastlThe speed limit on Windermere is 18 kph. Limiting'.hi
noisiest and most damaging sPorts to ceftain parts o1i the
lake can restrict the amount of damage

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