The National Parks is, in some cases, in conflict with tourism and recreation. One objective is to raise the inviolate area to 75%, which means limiting the areas of hiking and climbing. Today there are some 400 km (250 mi) of hiking paths, 49.9 km (31.0 mi) of biking paths, and 755 climbing locations with around 12,600 possibilities of climbing routes. The National Park is part of a larger region that serves as a recreation area close to Dresden. Bad Schandau has a station in the EuroCity network and is some 45 minutes away from Dresden (by Dresden S-Bahn).
