Coping with Tourism Impacts in Glacial Landscapes
Geography: AQA GCSE, topic 3.4.11
Coping with Tourism Impacts in Glacial Landscapes
Below are some effective strategies for coping with the impacts of tourists in glacial landscapes:
Manage footpath erosion
- Use hard-wearing construction materials like stone when resurfacing paths.
- Build signposts or cairns (stacks of stones) to guide tourists along the correct path.
- Reseed vegetation around paths.
Manage traffic congestion
- Encourage using public transport like buses and trains.
- Widening roads and creating passing places.
- Encourage the use of eco-friendly modes of transport (e.g. bikes) if it is possible.
Protect wildlife and farmland
- Build more rubbish bins.
- Introduce fines for littering or remind people not to litter.
- Encourage responsible enjoyment of the countryside (not scaring cattle or by leaving the environment as you found it).
Test yourself on Coping with Tourism Impacts in Glacial Landscapes
How can traffic congestion be managed in glacial landscapes?
How can wildlife and farmland be protected in glacial landscapes?
Which of the following helps manage traffic congestion in glacial landscapes?
Which of the following can paths be resurfaced with to help minimise their erosion?