The role of cycling tourism in the function of sustainable development of Arilje
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cycling, sustainable tourism, municipality of Arilje, Western SerbiaAbstract
Tourism based on sports activities and sustainable lifestyle is widely spread and popular today. Cycling, as a form of sports and eco-tourism, unites these two types of tourism and makes a meaningful tourist offer, improves the living conditions of the local community and creates a brand of a certain destination. The paper presents the bicycle route of the municipality of Arilje, which combines the most important natural and anthropogenic resources. The impact that cycling has on the destination itself and the local community, limiting factors of success, opportunities for improving the tourist offer and its promotion in the area of the municipality of Arilje were discussed. 289 local residents of Arilje participated in the research, and with adequate statistical methods, it was concluded that cycling tourism has direct impact on positive aspects of economic indicators of sustainable development of the destination.
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