Cycling Tourism in North-Western Poland, on Bornholm and in Southern Sweden
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Cycling tourism in north-western Poland, on Bornholm and in southern Sweden By Carl Henrik Marcussen Centre for Regional and Tourism Research www.crt.dk September 2009 Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) – South Baltic Cross-border Co-operation Programme 1 Table of contents 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 8 2 Definition and conceptualisation of cycling tourism ......................................................................... 13 3 Bornholm: Tourism and cycle tourism on Bornholm ........................................................................ 21 3.1 General travel and tourism statistics about Bornholm ............................................................ 21 3.2 Insights from a national survey (2004): How are cycling tourists on Bornholm different than other holidaymakers on Bornholm and how are they different from cyclists elsewhere in the Denmark? ................................................................................................................................................... 27 3.3 Insights from a survey among travellers on the routes Ystad-Rønne and Køge-Rønne (BornholmsTrafikken 2009) ..................................................................................................................... 34 3.4 Insights from an elder survey among visitors to Bornholm (2002) ........................................ 41 4 Poland ..................................................................................................................................................... 47 4.1 General statistics .......................................................................................................................... 47 4.2 West Pomeranian Voivodeship ................................................................................................... 52 4.3 Insights from a survey among Polish visitors leaving Bornholm (2006): How are Polish cycling tourist on Bornholm different than other Polish visitors to Bornholm? ................................ 59 4.4 Results from a survey among Polish cycle tourists leaving Bornholm (2009)..................... 73 5 Sweden ................................................................................................................................................... 90 5.1 General ferry and bednight statistics of Sweden, hereunder Scania .................................... 90 5.2 Cycling tourism in Sweden – Scania (Skåne) .......................................................................... 97 5.3 Swedish cyclists vs. other Swedes visiting Denmark ............................................................ 101 6 Germany ............................................................................................................................................... 104 6.1 Germany as a cycling tourism market ..................................................................................... 104 6.2 Insights from a survey among German travellers (2002): How are German cycling tourist different from other German holiday-makers? ................................................................................... 113 7 Opportunities for developing cycling tourism in Northern Pomerania, on Bornholm and in Southern Sweden ....................................................................................................................................... 121 8 Summary .............................................................................................................................................. 127 References ................................................................................................................................................... 130 Appendix ...................................................................................................................................................... 132 Cycling links ............................................................................................................................................. 132 Some selected train schedules to Kolobrzeg and more ................................................................... 134 Train from Hamburg, Berlin or Stettin (Szczecin) via Rostock/Stralsund to Lachen Sassnitz on Rügen. Then cycle to the ferry port in Mukran, to catch the ferry to Rønne, Bornholm .............. 137 2 List of Tables Table 1 Clasifying cyclists, holiday cyclists and (monadic) cycling holiday-makers ......................... 18 Table 2 Number of cycling destinations and types of cycling visitors .................................................. 19 Table 3 Levels of cycling holiday adventures – information sources and technology usage .......... 20 Table 4 Bednights on Bornholm 2000-2008 by source markets and types of accommodation. ..... 21 Table 5 Bednights on Bornholm 2000-2008 by source markets and types of accommodation: Percent ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 Table 6 Bornholm’s share of all bednights in Denmark, by source markets and types of accommodation ............................................................................................................................................. 24 Table 7 Bednights on Bornholm 2000-2008 by visitors from Poland by types of accommodation. 24 Table 8 The share of Polish visitors of bednights on Bornholm 2000-2008 by types of accommodation. ............................................................................................................................................ 24 Table 9 Bednights on Bornholm 2000-2008 by visitors from Sweden by types of accommodation. ......................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Table 10 Camping season on Bornholm by nationality and months in 2007 and 2006 ................... 25 Table 11 Passengers and arrivals by transport connections to/from Bornholm, 2000-2008 ........... 26 Table 12 Different intensities of cycling among tourists on Bornholm in commercial accommodations ........................................................................................................................................... 27 Table 13 Compating those who cycled a lot and those who did not cycle a lot, in Bornholm and elsewhere in Denmark ................................................................................................................................. 29 Table 14 Cycling as an activity among tourist on Bornholm by month, 2009, Rønne-Ystad and Rønne-Køge .................................................................................................................................................. 34 Table 15 Cyclists and non-cyclists on the routes from Rønne to Ystad or Rønne to Køge by BornholmsTrafikken, July 2009 .................................................................................................................. 35 Table 16 Percentage of passengers travelling with a bicycle, without car, by ferry route to/from Bornholm by month, 2008 .......................................................................................................................... 35 Table 17 Length of stay for cyclists and other departing on the routes from Rønne to Ystad or Rønne to Køge by BornholmsTrafikken, July 2009 ................................................................................. 36 Table 18 Motives (reasons for coming to Bornholm) for cyclists and others departing on the routes from Rønne to Ystad or Rønne to Køge by BornholmsTrafikken, July 2009 ...................................... 37 Table 19 Information sources used by cyclists and other departing on the routes from Rønne to Ystad or Rønne to Køge by BornholmsTrafikken, July 2009 ................................................................. 38 Table 20 Types of accommodation used by cyclists and other departing on the routes from Rønne to Ystad or Rønne to Køge by BornholmsTrafikken, July 2009 ............................................................ 38 Table 21 Attractions visited by cyclists and other departing on the routes from Rønne to Ystad or Rønne to Køge by BornholmsTrafikken, July 2009 ................................................................................. 39 Table 22 Activities undertaken by cyclists and other departing on the routes from Rønne to Ystad or Rønne to Køge by BornholmsTrafikken, July 2009 (ranked by overall percentage) ..................... 40 Table 23 Activities undertaken by cyclists and other departing on the routes from Rønne to Ystad or Rønne to Køge by BornholmsTrafikken, July 2009 (ranked by significance of differences between cyclists and others) ....................................................................................................................... 41 Table 24 Cyclists on Bornholm by time of year (2002) .......................................................................... 42 Table 25 Cyclists on Bornholm by ferry route (2002) ............................................................................. 43 3 Table 26 Length of stay for cycling and non-cycling visitors to Bornholm (2002) ............................. 43 Table 27 Percentage of cyclists by nationality among visitors to Bornholm (2002)