A Research on Bicycle Friendly City Practices in The Context of Bicycle Tourism: Case of Twitter

Abstract

Bicycle tourism is a growing niche tourism market with the potential to deliver a range of economic, social and environmental benefits. The aim of the study is to determine bicycle-friendly city applications in terms of bicycle tourism. For this purpose, 123 posts (tweets) made on Twitter, a social media application, between June 2013 and January 2021 with the titles "bicycle friendly cities", "bicycle friendly towns", "bicycle city" constitute the research data. The data obtained were subjected to content analysis through the Maxqda qualitative analysis program. As a result, the most sharing on this issue was made in 2020, and the posts included expressions about bicyclefriendly cities, the practices of cities, the evaluation of recreational activities and the use of bicycles. It has been determined that cities in the US, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, Spain, Colombia, Hungary, Norway and Turkey have been displayed as Bicycle-friendly cities.