The Role and the Importance of Cyclotourism in the Development of the Oradea Metropolitan Area (Romania)
Journal Title: GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites - Year 2013, Vol 12, Issue 2
Abstract
Cyclotourism, as a way to maintain and promote health and sustainable transport, imposess itself increasingly lately both locally, nationally and internationally, in the context of a pressing economic crisis, of an increasing fuels price, of the greenhouse gas emissions from transportation and, not least, of the increasing levels of obesity. Set against this background, the present study aims to provide alternative solutions to the problems stated above by promoting cyclotourism in the OMA.
Authors and Affiliations
ILIEŞ Dorina Camelia, HERMAN GRIGORE VASILE, DEHOORNE Olivier, MĂDUŢA Florin Miron
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