European cycle tourism: a tool for sustainable regional rural development

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dc.contributor.authorPiket, Pieter
dc.contributor.authorEijgelaar, Eke
dc.contributor.authorPeeters, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-28T11:15:03Z
dc.date.available2021-06-28T11:15:03Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-30
dc.description.abstractWe present an economic impacts model based on direct expenditures for European cycle routes, originally designed in 2009 as part of a study commissioned by the European Parliament. At its request, the study was updated in 2012, including a refined version of our model which takes some limitations of the former model into account. Our main findings are that cycle tourists’ daily spending is comparable to that of other tourists, and that cycle tourism can contribute significantly in particular to rural economies that have not previously enjoyed mainstream tourism development. (European) cycle tourism thus proves to be useful as an (additional) tool for regional rural development. We arrived at a total estimated direct expenditures in Europe of almost €44 billion (€35 billion from day trips and €8.94 billion from overnight trips). We applied the model to the routes of EuroVelo, the European cycle route network which is currently being developed, showing their considerable economic potential of over €7 billion in direct expenditures. Furthermore, cycle tourism has a far lower negative impact on the environment (in terms of carbon dioxide emissions) than other forms of tourism. Cycle tourism is therefore a good example of a low carbon tourism product which could be developed as a major slow travel opportunity across (rural) Europe.en
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dc.identifier.citationApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol. 7 No. 2-3 (2013) , 115-119
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2013/2-3/19
dc.identifier.eissn1789-7874
dc.identifier.issn1789-221X
dc.identifier.issue2-3
dc.identifier.jatitleAPSTRACT
dc.identifier.jtitleApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317639en
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/6182
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerUnivesity of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hungary
dc.subjectcycle tourismen
dc.subjecttourism transporten
dc.subjecteconomic impactsen
dc.subjectsustainable tourism developmenten
dc.subjectregional rural developmenten
dc.titleEuropean cycle tourism: a tool for sustainable regional rural developmenten
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
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