As an emerging niche market the cycle tourism sector needs market, product and industry research to facilitate evidence-based decision making by operators, tourism bodies and Governments.
Australia:

• Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities - Cycle Tourism Research Project: The Research Tool Kit for the Cycle Tourism Resource Kit for Regional Communities
  Chief Investigators:Professor John Martin, Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities, La Trobe University and Associate Professor Sue Beeton, La Trobe University
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  CTA is aiming to provide regional communities involved with the development and maintenance of cycle trails with four Cycle Tourism Resource Kits. The fourth kit is an online research tool kit that will enable these communities 'to measure, get feedback and enhance the future of cycle tourism'. Professor Martin and Associate Professor Beeton are responsible for researching and developing Tool Kit 4: The Research Tool Kit.
• Sustainable Regional Tourism Destination Project
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  • Progress Report - October 2006(pdf)
  • Project background
  • Target destinations
  • Researcher profiles
• Faulks, P., Ritchie, B. & Fluker, M. (2007) Cycle Tourism in Australia: an investigation into its size and scope, Co-operative Research Centre
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  A scoping study was undertaken over a short time frame to investigate the size and scope of cycle tourism in Australia and to provide research recommendations in order to address research gaps identified.
• Beeton, S., 2006, Regional Communities and Cycling: The Case of the Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail, Victoria, Australia
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  Rail Trails are multi-user trails developed along defunct rail lines in regional Australia. Initially intended for
  use by walkers, horse riders and cyclists, cycling has become the dominant activity on many trails, with walkers using them for shorter journeys and horse riders being rarer users, tending to use them as access points to more challenging country.
• Beeton, S., 2003, An Economic Analysis of Rail Trails in Victoria, Australia
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  Rail Trails are multi-use tourism and recreation trails using abandoned railway lines for use usually by cyclists, walkers and horse riders. Many of the disused railways in Australia are in rural areas, providing unprecedented access to and through some spectacular scenery and bushland, along with associated personal and community benefits.
• Bicycle Victoria's webpage on Cycle Tourism Research
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• Australian Sports Commission website
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  Research has been undertaken by the Victorian State Government into - Recreational Cycling Participation and Recreational Cycling Management and Leadership.
• Ryan, K.  2005, Mountain biking in Tasmania:A summary of current trends and future opportunities, for Sport and Recreation Tasmania
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  Report outlining the development, growth and potential for mountain biking within Tasmania.