ABSTRACT
Routes and trails have been under-researched and their importance understated by tourism academics (Timothy and Boyd 2015). Trails are one of the most powerful leisure resources on the globe today. Almost all destinations claim a trail or route, yet attention by scholars to these linear spaces has not been matched by their importance. Trails, hiking routes and other linearly connected tourism and recreation resources may not be considered an exciting, innovative or perhaps challenging research topic, yet they form an integral element of most regions’ tourism offer and should be given serious academic attention (Timothy and Boyd 2015).
