Cultural Routes and Heritage Trails - Tourism and Trails: Cultural, Ecological and Management Issues - page 23

Stage 1: Original route

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Destination

Stage 2: Original route modified

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Stage 3: Formalized routes (walking & touring) with stops

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Stage 4: Formalized routes with recognized links between stops

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Stage 5: Mini routes within formalized routes developed and promoted

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Stage 6: Developments take place beyond the recognized route

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Figure 2.2 Evolution of trails from original tracks to developed routes
Source: Adapted from Murray and Graham (1997)

a corridor for tourism services, but the spatial scope of tourism extends
quite far beyond the original trail.
The second type of cultural heritage track presented in this chapter is
referred to here as 'purposive cultural routes', referring to heritage trails that were
not necessarily original paths or travel routes but have been intentionally