i.e. a system that is able to independently participate in the tourism offer of the target market.
The integrated subsystem of cycling traffic generates a positive effect on all forms of
demand (local residents, visitors, supply), but a lack of traffic infrastructure does not
necessarily imply a lack of cycling culture in the area and thus an inability to develop
the cycling tourism offer, as suggested by Chang and Chang (2003, 1983).
Previous research indicates a hierarchy (Krieger 2007 cited in Marcussen 2009, 14) and
a chronologic development (Chang and Chang 2003) of cycling destinations depending
on the previous state in the destination, i.e. depending on the size and sources of the
traffic demand. Most research into cycling tourism lists characteristics of infrastructure
(Simonsen, Jorgensen and Robbins 1998; Dufour 2010; etc.) as crucial for cycling
destinations, followed by information about the infrastructure (route planning tools,
track GPS, online and interactive cycling maps etc.).