Giants Causeway Flashcards

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Titles

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AONB - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (1988)
UNESCO World Heritage Site (1986)
National Nature Reserve (1987)

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Attracting tourism

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Attractions and scenery - beautiful coastline
Tours for Game of Thrones scenery
Transport
Historical and cultural significance - Old Bushmills Whiskey
Sports industry - Golf Open

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Investment

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£18 million Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre

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Competition

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Locals compete with tourists to maintain local culture

Majority elderly who own rural idyll - live there

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Negatives of idyll

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Elderly marginalised - less community services, more traffic congestion + pollution (tourism)
Seasonal unemployment + changed accessibility (Causeway bus)

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