Starter Activity
1. Name the three different impacts of tourism.
2. What is diversification within tourism?
3. How does import leakage impact tourism?
4. What is Enclave tourism?
10th October 2021
What are the environmental impacts in
Malham, UK?
Step to Success 1
• I can locate where Malham is in the world.
Step to Success 2
• I can identify the positive and negative impacts in
Malham.
Step to Success 3
• I can analyse how the impacts can be reduced.
SSSI
destruction
Keywords:
pollution
honeypot
conservation
What are the environmental impacts of tourism?
 The clearance of important habitats, such as mangrove
and rainforest, to provide building sites for hotels.
 The overuse of water resources
 The pollution of the sea, lakes and rivers by rubbish and
sewage.
 The destruction of coral reefs by snorkelers and scuba
divers.
 The disturbance of wildlife by safari tourism, hunting and
fishing.
 Traffic congestion, air and noise pollution.
What is a National Park?
an area of countryside, or occasionally sea or fresh water,
protected by the state for the enjoyment of the general
public or the preservation of wildlife.
Locate where is Malham ?
Task:
Locate Malham on a
UK map.
Challenge:
Identify the main
attractions in
Malham – State these
underneath your map
What are the different tourism impacts to Malham?
Task:
Use the following websites to research further the impacts
of tourism on Malham.
https://www.malhamdale.com/
https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/about/landscape/dales-and-valleys/malhamdale/
https://www.yorkshirenet.co.uk/yorkshire-dales/malham/
Padlet - collaboration
What impacts might occur in other countries?
Plenary:
Next lesson, we will look at another case study in a different
country to identify environmental impacts.
How do you think the impacts will differ? Why?