We all need
to take time out from our everyday lives, to relax and spend time with
loved ones and to experience different cultures and landscapes. With
the concerns about the carbon cost of air travel, staying in the UK
appears to be the ideal choice for the environmentally aware.
However,
visiting fragile environments like Snowdonia inevitably threatens those
aspects which make it unique. Sensitive ecological communities, unspoilt
landscapes, a sense of tranquillity are all threatened by increased
numbers of visitors and the infrastructures required to support them.
But
don't despair! Tourism businesses can take steps to reduce the impact
of their activities to become more sustainable so that the natural wildness,
beauty and cultural heritage will still be here to enthral and support
future generations.
