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Tourism is an important economic activity in the
AONB. Each year, many people visit the
area on both day trips or holidays to enjoy the
landscape, spend time in the towns and villages or to go walking,
cycling, riding or birdwatching.
Management of tourism is vital to ensure that visitors can
enjoy their experience to the full and to prevent damage to the
environment.
Green tourism, responsible tourism, sustainable tourism -
whichever of these terms you want to use - is tourism which takes
into account the needs of the environment, local residents,
businesses, and visitors; now and in the future.
Green tourism businesses are those actively engaged in
reducing the negative environmental and social impacts of their
tourism operations.
The Nidderdale AONB team is working with the Yorkshire Dales
National Park Authority to help tourism businesses across the
Yorkshire Dales become more sustainable and to find ways of
increasing the business benefits whilst safeguarding the
environment. To help us do this we have set up the Dales Tourism Business Network.
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