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, Ventura Fernández, Jesús, Contreras Cabrera, Gustavo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Murcia
Repositorio:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:digitum.um.es:10201/115464
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.492751
http://hdl.handle.net/10201/115464
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Non-motorised routes
Rail trails
Cycle tourism
Strategic planning
Logical framework approach
Andalusia
Spain
Andalucía
Itinerarios no motorizados
Cicloturismo
Planificación estratégica
Enfoque del Marco Lógico
España
Vías verdes
CDU::3 - Ciencias sociales::33 - Economía::338 - Situación económica. Política económica. Gestión, control y planificación de la economía. Producción. Servicios. Turismo. Precios
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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.