In the UK, the coast remains the most popular place for people in the UK to holiday.

However, in the past 50 years the popularity of inland resorts has increased rapidly.

National parks are now extremely popular places to visit.

National Parks are areas of outstanding natural beauty which have been preserved for the people of the future.

National Park has two aims;

1. to preserve and enhance an area’s natural beauty

2. to promote people’s enjoyment of the countryside

It is not easy to achieve these aims and rules and regulations are often set out to avoid any problems.

However, with all types of tourism there are problems. The parks main problems are pressure from visitors.

National Parks are close to densely populated areas. This leads to large percentages of visitor numbers during peak times, which in turn increase litter, footpath erosion, congestion and pollution. There is also often conflict between tourists and local people living in the national park.

Negative effects of Tourism

Below is a short video showing some of the downsides of Tourism