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Europarc Success for Yorkshire Dales & Harrogate
Story published: Monday, 14 July 2008
The Yorkshire Dales and Harrogate area has won European recognition for its work in promoting tourism.
And it has now become one of just 48 regions in Europe to receive the prestigious European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas award. It is the first part of Yorkshire and only the sixth area of the United Kingdom to have been recognised since the scheme was launched in 2001.
The award scheme is run by the EUROPARC Federation, an umbrella organisation with its headquarters in Germany that brings together the organisations responsible for the management of over 400 protected areas across the continent.
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) applied for the Charter on behalf of the Yorkshire Dales and Harrogate Tourism Partnership (TP), which aims to promote the development of the area as a sustainable tourism destination. The bid was supported by Yorkshire Forward, which leads on tourism in the Yorkshire region.
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