Advantages and problems of tourism realated to the Lake District
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Advantages of tourism
- Tourism provides employment and income for the local people.
- People choose to stay in the area, which maintains other essential services such as schools and hospitals.
- Services provided for the use of tourists - eg leisure facilities - also benefit local people.
Problems of tourism
- Employment can be seasonal and wages could be low
- House prices in the area can rise due to a demand for second homes
- School leavers often look for work in larger settlements due to low wages and high house prices. This causes rural depopulation.
- Local shops on the margins of profitability often close to make way for more profitable gift shops and tea rooms. This leaves local people without essential services, eg butchers and greengrocers.
- Traffic causes pollution and narrow roads can become congested in high season.
- Large numbers of hikers cause footpath erosion, which is expensive to repair.
- Watersports cause erosion of lake shores and there can be conflicts of interests between different lake users.
- Tourism provides employment and income for the local people.
- People choose to stay in the area, which maintains other essential services such as schools and hospitals.
- Services provided for the use of tourists - eg leisure facilities - also benefit local people.
Problems of tourism
- Employment can be seasonal and wages could be low
- House prices in the area can rise due to a demand for second homes
- School leavers often look for work in larger settlements due to low wages and high house prices. This causes rural depopulation.
- Local shops on the margins of profitability often close to make way for more profitable gift shops and tea rooms. This leaves local people without essential services, eg butchers and greengrocers.
- Traffic causes pollution and narrow roads can become congested in high season.
- Large numbers of hikers cause footpath erosion, which is expensive to repair.
- Watersports cause erosion of lake shores and there can be conflicts of interests between different lake users.