Las vías verdes como modelo de desarrollo turístico. El caso de la vía verde del noroeste de la Región de Murcia (España)

Abstract

The Greenway is the name given to the pedestrian and cyclist routes in the natural environment resulting from the conditioning of disused infrastructures, mainly old railroad tracks or roads without service. The objective of this study is to analyze the initiatives of the different administrations and organizations to make the necessary investments in preparing all sections and provide the necessary infrastructures, by consulting bibliographic documentation. The study has shown that the Greenway of the Northwest of the Region of Murcia, which runs 78 km between the cities of Murcia and Caravaca, has been used in 2017 by almost 350 thousand users, which represents double of 5 years ago and It has become a model of tourism development, which favors the socioeconomic and environmental development of a whole Region.