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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.
In the following pages you can find details of the
free-to-join Dales Tourism Business Network, some case
studies of local businesses with inspiring ideas and the Distinctly
Dales project which could help you market your business.
Thank you to all of the businesses that took
part in our recent business survey; 132 of you responded and this
will help us to plan our next tourism strategy. Download the results of the 2012 survey (PDF 205KB).
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