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Cycle Tourism as a Driver for the Sustainable Development of Little-Known or Remote Territories: The Experience of the Apennine Regions of Northern Italy

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  • Patrizia Gazzola

    (Department of Economics, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy)

  • Enrica Pavione

    (Department of Economics, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy)

  • Daniele Grechi

    (Department of Economics, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy)

  • Paola Ossola

    (César Ritz Colleges, 3902 Brig, Switzerland)

Abstract

One form of cycle tourism can be represented features tourism that focuses on the relation between biking and the discovery of a territory. Geared toward forms of holiday that allow for the low consumption of natural resources and a connection with the landscape, cycle tourism represents a concrete expression of sustainable tourism. As an emerging phenomenon in Italy, cycle tourism requires further understanding in order to identify methods of development and applicable business models. The aim of this paper is to explore the characteristics of cycle tourism’s development in northern Italy in order to identify the links that exist between sustainability and the group of cycle tourists who prefer to spend their holidays discovering little-known or remote territories. For this study, we selected three different destinations in sensitive mountain areas that converge on the common goal to use cycling to rejuvenate the tourism sector. It has been found that the development of cycle tourism in areas not characterized by mass tourism, such as those considered here, is economically, socially, and environmentally beneficial. The business models through which cycle tourism usually develops include a bottom up approach or a top down approach, involving the cooperation of several local destination stakeholders.

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  • Patrizia Gazzola & Enrica Pavione & Daniele Grechi & Paola Ossola, 2018. "Cycle Tourism as a Driver for the Sustainable Development of Little-Known or Remote Territories: The Experience of the Apennine Regions of Northern Italy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-19, June.
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