Managing Resources

1. Managing Resources Introduction to Tourism and National Parks

2. Learning Objectives • What is Tourism? • What are the environments that favour tourism? • What is a National Park? • What activities can we do in a National Park?

3. Introduction to Tourism (Useful Definitions) • In your groups, try to come up with and agree on a definition for each of the following. • TOURISM • NATURAL RESOURCES • HUMAN RESOURCES

4. Introduction to Tourism (Useful Definitions) • Tourism: Visiting places away from home and work for leisure purposes. • Natural Resources: These are attractions that occur naturally e.g. mountains, beaches etc. • Human Resources: These are attractions that are built by people e.g. theme parks, bars, museums etc.

5. What is a National Park? • What is a National Park? • What is the environment like? • Make a list of people who use National Parks for leisure activities and name the activities they might do. (e.g. Ramblers for walking etc.) • Can you think of any other groups who use the National Parks?

6. What is a National Park? • A National Park can be defined as “an area of beautiful and relatively wild countryside” • They were created by an act of parliament in 1949 to preserve the countryside and promote people’s enjoyment of the countryside.

7. Who uses the National Parks? • Walkers • Tourists • Fishermen • Day Visitors • Water-sports (Skiing etc) • Mountaineers • Mountain Bikers • Bird watchers

8. Who else uses the National Parks? • Ministry of Defence • Farmers • Local People • Conservationists • National Park Authority • Forestry • Quarry owners / workers • Water suppliers

9. Homework • Your task is to design a leaflet or brochure to show the various attractions and activities that a family could undertake in a National Park. • A useful website is: www.anpa.gov.uk as this has links to all other National Park websites.