Malham

The effects of tourism in an MIC

Where is Malham?

• Malham is a village in North Yorkshire, England. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales with a population of approximately 150.

• The surrounding countryside is well known for its limestone pavements and other examples of limestone scenery.

• The most obvious tourist attractions are Malham Tarn, Malham Cove, and the dry valley.

Malham village

Malham Cove

View from the top of Malham Cove

Limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove

Malham Moor

The moors in winter

The entrance to Goredale Scar

Goredale Scar

Goredale Scar

Malham Tarn

Janet’s Foss

• Malham is a popular walkers' destination. • The rise in tourism over Malham's history has

led to some deterioration of the area's surrounding paths as tourists wander off the paths and cause pockets of erosion, a process often called "footpath erosion".

• The footpaths in the area are maintained by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.

• The area is part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.• There are 15 National Parks in England and Wales,

beautiful areas of mountains, meadows, moorlands, woods and wetlands.

• They are areas of protected countryside that everyone can visit, and where people live, work and shape the landscape.

• And each one has an organisation that looks after the landscape and wildlife and helps people enjoy and learn about the area.

• The Pennine Way is a 270 mile (440 km) footpath that goes from central England, along the Pennine mountains, to the Scottish border.

• It passes through Malham.

Investigation: Is tourism good for Malham or bad for Malham?

• Read pages 297-299• Make a list of evidence from the book. You must

give detail in your evidence- names and numbers. • You can group evidence as social, economic or

environmental.• Or group it as positive and negative.• Write a conclusion to answer the question using

your evidence.

• Hand in your Investigation on Monday 19th March.

• Total marks 30.– Introduction- including location details 9– Evidence 9– Analysis 6– Conclusion 6