Cycle tourism in rural areas: promoting a rail trail network in Andalusia, Spain

Rail trails are non-motorised routes resulting from the conversion of disused railway lines, geared towards cycle tourism and other leisure activities. This paper seeks to highlight the potentialities and shortcomings of rail trails in Andalusia. A diagnosis is made through a SWOT matrix, with infor...

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Autores: González Relaño, Reyes Manuela, Ventura Fernández, Jesús, Contreras Cabrera, Gustavo Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/128206
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/128206
https://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.492751
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Non-motorised routes
Rail trails
Cycle tourism
Strategic planning
Logical framework approach
Andalusia (Spain)
Itinerarios no motorizados
Vías verdes
Cicloturismo
Planificación estratégica
Enfoque del Marco Lógico
Andalucía (España)
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Sumario:Rail trails are non-motorised routes resulting from the conversion of disused railway lines, geared towards cycle tourism and other leisure activities. This paper seeks to highlight the potentialities and shortcomings of rail trails in Andalusia. A diagnosis is made through a SWOT matrix, with information from the management bodies and a coherent planning is applied. The results enable proposals intended to remedy the shortcomings detected and create an effective rail trail network in Andalusia, managed in a coordinated fashion and internationally comparable with regard to public usage.