Touristic Impact on the Environment

1. Touristic Impacton theEnvironment

2. Touristic Impacton theEnvironment The example of the Mont Saint Michel

3. 2 • Remarkable : • Site

4. Remarkable : • Site • Landscape

5. Remarkable : • Site • Landscape • Ecosystem •  Two entries on the UNESCO List of World Heritage in 1979 •  Two entries on the UNESCO List of World Heritage in 1979

6. 3rdtouristic destination in France 2.5 million tourists a year !!!

7.  Parking lot

8.  Parking lot  Road on a dike

9.  Parking lot  Road on a dike  Dam on the Couesnon River

10. No longer an Island in 2040 ! ²

11. No longer an Island in 2040 ! • Due to the : • Weakerstrength of the Couesnon River • Lack of water flow aroundthe Mont •  Sediment has built up around the Mont ²

12. Solutions for the restorationof the maritime character • Studieslaunched in 1995 • Workbegan in 2005 • Project willbecompleted in 2015

13. Differentsteps: • New Dam • Hydraulicdevelopments • Moving the parking lots further • Dismantling the dike / construction of a bridge

14. The new dam • Flushing out the sediment

15. Hydraulicdevelopments Upstreamwork : Dredging the bed of the river Enlarging the water reservoir

16. Hydraulic developments Downstreamwork : Guiding the river flow

17. Moving the car parksonto the continent

18. A new bridge

19. A new bridge

20. A new bridge

21. Thankyou for listening !