The flowchart details the several negative effects of ‘trampling’ caused by the treading of tourists in the countryside.
The process of detereoration caused by ‘trampling’ starts with grass being stepped on. and would subsequently lead to the erosion and decrease of soil and vegetation quality.
To start of, when patches of grass and stepped on by tourists, the soil beneath starts to become more compacted. Along side this, the general vegetation of the area will gradually be damaged as more tourists tread. Consequently, the compacting of soil would lead to a reduction in air and water flow in the soil, reducing its quality drastically. This would therefor lead to many plants becoming weaker, losing their ability to reproduce or grow. The damaged soil would risk an increase in erosion, as well as the loss of water running off the land, which would only contribute further to the reduction of vegetation in the area. All of the factors mentioned above would lead to a significant decrease in quality of soil and vegetation in the area being ‘trampled’.
Overall, even the simplest of careless actions taken by tourists could result in less than ideal impact to the area, as had been demonstrated by the flowchart.