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Importance Of Bicycle Tourism For Regional Development



In Germany in recent years the number of tourists who want to enjoy their holidays actively sporty risen sharply. Are especially popular trekking tours, bike tours, and boating. In particular, the cycling is enjoying increasing popularity, as shall also the ever-growing number of near distance routes. Brad Powers The majority of cycle tourists spend their holidays here in Germany, resulting in an economic non-negligible effect for the affected regions is (Source: Richter, Dr. W. Cycle Tourism in Germany - Development and quality assurance ADFC 2007). This may be especially for underdeveloped regions such as Western Pomerania important because tourists can be attracted and thus create jobs in less developed tourist areas. It is also important that it does not require much investment of providers in order to attract tourists, as the funds for the development of bicycle paths are provided by public bodies. Thus, even the newly created cycle path Berlin-Usedom can have aContribution to the economic development of rural areas of Brandenburg and Pomerania afford. Due to high customer potential, the big attraction and good transport links to the capital and the attractiveness of the Pomeranian Baltic coast can expect a high level of traffic flow on the Berlin-Usedom Cycle Route. Consequently, the customer base grows for accommodation, catering and camping businesses along the route. To increase the attractiveness of the bike trail for the tourists continue to go through a variety of tourist service providers to align their services specific to the needs of cyclists (Source: Potsdam Chamber of Commerce, Survey on the importance of bicycle tourism in Brandenburg, 2003). As further support activity was in August 2007 from various regional tourism associations (including from Western Pomerania and the Barnim) set up an Internet portal that provides information about the route, the accommodation and roadside service stations. These measures, as well as further efforts fromStates, should lead to the bicycle rides will become a success factor for the rural regions of Western Pomerania and Brandenburg.