The New Forest. What attracts people to the New Forest? What conflicts occur? How are those conflicts being managed?

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1 The New Forest The New Forest is Britain's newest national park, created in What attracts people to the New Forest? What conflicts occur? How are those conflicts being managed? CLIP:

2 Location of the New Forest

3 There are around 843,000 visitors coming to stay in the area as a whole. This amounts to around 3.75 million visitor nights in total. It is estimated that around 13.5 million visits are made to the National Park each year, the great majority are day visits by local people living in New Forest District. Whatever the interests and needs of visitors tourism needs to be effectively managed in order to be sustainable. New Forest District Council, working with a wide range of local interests, has led the way nationally in developing a sustainable approach to tourism management, for example, improved management and use of access and travel arrangements for all visitors. The overriding priority being to integrate Visitor, Industry, Community and Environmental matters.

4 Landscape of the New Forest

5 Tourism presents a range of challenges and opportunities. The New Forest is a well established destination for visitors, and is the most densely populated National Park in the UK. Tourism is central to the area s economy; however more can be done to strengthen the viability of tourism in the area and its ability to deliver year round benefits to the economy and society as a whole. Inappropriate tourism activity has the potential to damage the very assets on which the industry depends.

6 What attracts 13.5 million people a year to visit the New Forest

7 More people are visiting the New Forest every year

8 What is Sustainable Tourism? to benefit the economy of tourism destinations to support local communities and culture to protect and enhance the built and natural environment The New Forest Model identifies sustainable destination tourism as managing the interaction between Visitors, the Industry that serves them, the Community that hosts them and their collective impact on, and response to the Environment where it all takes place:

9 What were your figures for house prices? bed semi Worting 219, 950 Lyndhurst 350,000

10 Lyndhurst is a village in the middle of the New Forest, what makes it a tourist honey pot?

11 The three general groups of visitor to the district are: the day visitor, who travels from outside the district from home or from a holiday elsewhere, returning the same day; the local visitor, who lives within the district but visits another part for leisure and recreation; the staying visitor, who stays in the district for one night or more.

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13 Conflicts that occur in the New Forest

14 A collective and integrated destination management plan should: welcome, involve & satisfy Visitors achieve a profitable & prosperous Industry engage and benefit host Communities protect and enhance the local Environment New Forest Tourism Association Membership currently stands at nearly 300 and represents businesses from the following groups: Hotels, Guest Houses and Inns Bed & Breakfast and Farmhouses Self Catering Houses, Cottages and Flats Holiday Parks Camping and Caravan Sites Pubs, Restaurants, Coffee and Tea Shops Visitor Attractions Ferry, Bus and Transport Operators Retailers and Service Providers

15 What can be done to resolve some of the conflicts? Look at the photos below

16 The New Forest Green Leaf scheme suggests practical solutions on energy conservation, health promotion, local produce, environmental standards, and ideas on how businesses can create their own green areas on site. Programs for recycling and composting waste materials will be developed along with ideas on how packaging for local produce could become reusable. There is also a section on alternative transport to cars for visitor activities and ideas on developing projects and environmental training throughout the local visitor industry.

17 Green Leaf Scheme Look out for businesses showing the Green Leaf and play your part in a more sustainable future! The Green Leaf Tourism Scheme (GLTS) is part of a national pilot for sustainable tourism in the UK. New Forest District Council and GLTS businesses have made a commitment to supporting: Car-Free Tourism New Forest Marque Produce Energy Waste & Recycling initiatives Landscape Conservation Forest Friends - Visitor Stewardship Community Tourism

18 New Forest Marque : the sign of New Forest local produce The accreditation scheme was set up in 2004 as a way to develop and promote the production, processing and distribution of local produce from the New Forest. CLIP:

19 Other management in the New Forest Pony deaths, 82 in 2012, 104 in 2013: Traffic calming measures eg Hi viz collars for ponies Education: Visitor Centre in Lyndhurst, Info Centres Brockenhurst Rangers, space zoning eg cycle routes

20 Important figures New Forest tourism creates 7980 jobs Generates 400 million annually