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Cycle Tourism

Cycle Tourism is a growing market with considerable opportunities for regional economies. It has a number of key segments:

  • Cycling Holidays: touring cycling is the main purpose of the holiday
  • Holiday Cycling: recreational cycling is undertaken as an activity while on holiday
  • Cycling Day Visits: trips from home to places outside a person’s usual place of residence
  • Cycling Events: this may involve: direct participation, mass participation, or spectator participation events

Cycle tourism has multiple benefits including:

  • boosting domestic and inbound tourism
  • providing ecological sustainable tourism
  • encouraging the economic revitalisation of regional Australia
  • enhancing the infrastructure of local communities and its potential to encourage healthy activities.

Some studies on the economic benefit of cycle tourism are listed under Research.

Taiwan pedals ahead with bike tours to lure visitors

27th Sep 2010