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{{Short description|Location that attracts many tourists}}
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A '''honeypot''' site is a location attractive to tourists who, due to their numbers, place pressure on the environment and local people.<ref name="tiscali">{{cite web|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0034777.html |title=honeypot site |work=tiscali.co.uk |accessdate=3 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404114604/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0034777.html |archivedate=4 April 2009  }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|section=honeypot|title=Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged|edition=10th|accessdate=3 September 2013|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|year=2009|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/honeypot}}</ref>
Honeypots are often used by cities or countries to manage their tourism industry. The use of honeypots can protect fragile land away from major cities while satisfying tourists. One such example is the construction of local parks to prevent tourists from damaging more valuable ecosystems farther from their main destination. Honeypots have the added benefit of concentrating many income-generating visitors in one place, therefore developing that area, and in turn making the area more appealing to tourists.<ref>{{cite book |title=Recreational Tourism |last=Ryan |first=Chris <!-- nope, not him |authorlink=Chris Ryan --> |publisher=Channel View|edition=2nd|date=3 June 2003|series=Aspects of Tourism|isbn=978-041505424-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/recreationaltour0000ryan/page/116 116] |url=https://archive.org/details/recreationaltour0000ryan |url-access=registration }}</ref>
However, honeypots can suffer from problems of [[overcrowding]], including litter, vandalism, and strain on facilities and transport networks.<ref name=tiscali/> Honeypots attract tourists because of parking spaces, shopping centres, parks and public toilets. The tourist shops are normally placed all over the shopping centre, which creates pressure on the whole centre to keep the place looking tidy. For example, [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] has shops that are aimed mostly at tourists.  On a particular street, there were five shops that were aimed towards the locals and ten shops catering to tourists, reflecting the business opportunity that tourism presents for shopkeepers and other business people in the local economy.
{{blockquote|The once sleepy medieval village has attracted an increasing number of visitors over recent years and is a classic example of a tourist 'honeypot' . . . [[Sainte-Enimie|Ste. Enimie]] is one of these 'designated' places that are designed to attract people to it and therefore reduce the impact on the surrounding area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ste. Enimie: The Management of a Tourist Honeypot |url=http://www.discover.ltd.uk/downloads/examples/GCSETourismHoneypotSteEnemie_2009.pdf |year=2009 |publisher=Discover Ltd |accessdate=2 September 2013}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=September 2013}}}}
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[[Category:Tourism geography]]
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