Results and process of Pilot Testing of the EuBike Project in Austria

1.
Eubike.bike
Cyclists
and
Tourism
Providers
Project
and
Community
IMC
FH
Krems
On
Cycling,
Sharing
and
Crea1ng
EuBike
Final
Conference
22
June
2016
EuBike in Austria
Thaya Valley (Thayatal)
Pilot Testing and Results

2. Contents
• Piloting Region
• Local Participants
• Cycling Tours and
Workshops
• Feedback on the project
• Final Result
• Contact
Eubike.bike
Cyclists
and
Tourism
Providers
Project
and
Community

3. Thayatal, Waldviertel,
Lower Austria
• Construc1on
of
the
cycling
trails
Thaya
Runde
started
in
2014
-­‐
abandoned
trail
lines
are
converted
to
≈90
km
of
bike
paths.
Austrian
bike
paths
will
be
connected
to
the
Czech
cycling
route
network.
• EuBike
can
help
with
op1miza1on
of
exis1ng
tools,
networking
and
interna1onal
coopera1on
with
transna1onal
cycling
facili1es
and
providers
in
the
Czech
Republic
• The
rather
remote
region
is
characterized
by
woods,
hills,
moor
landscapes
and
scaOered,
tradi1onal
villages.

4. Local Participants
• ZukunQsraum
Thayaland
(local
partner)
• Thayarunde
• JUFA
Hotel
Waldviertel
(Raabs)
• Wallenberger
&
Linhard
Regionalberatung
GmbH
• Waldviertelreisen
(Tour
Agency)
• WKO
Waidhofen
an
der
Thaya
www.eubike.bike

5. Focus group
• Planned
bike
path
• Planned
services/ac1vi1es
• Challenges
• EuBike
contribu1on

6. Map of the Route

7. Cycling Tours and
Workshops
• First
cycling
Tour
(cycling
experts)
September
16th,
Dobersberg
-­‐
Slavonice
• Second
cycling
Tour
(Tourists)
September
2015,
the
whole
bike
path
• Third
cycling
Tour
(Students)
October
21st,
Dobersberg
-­‐
Slavonice
www.eubike.bike

8. Cycling Tours and
Workshops
• First
supply
side
workshop
November
26th,
Thaya
• Second
supply
side
workshop
January
21st,
Raabs
• Third
supply
side
workshop
May
2nd,
Thaya
(co-­‐crea1on
of
final
product)
• Presenta1on
of
the
results/outcomes
in
the
pilot
region
-­‐
June
5th,
Raabs
www.eubike.bike

9. Feedback from Participants
• eDuca1onal
Box
– Useful
for
poten1al
tourism
providers
• eMarke1ng
Social
Plaborm
– A
good
marke1ng
tool;
useful
informa1on
for
cyclists
• App
– Very
useful
for
new
emerging
des1na1ons/
bike
paths
• The
Cycle
Path
– Good
infrastructure,
route,
surface
and
signpos1ng,
lack
of
tourism
services

10. Final Product

11. Local Contacts
IMC
FH
Krems
Maria
Katelieva-­‐Platzer
Maria.katelieva@f-­‐krems.ac.at
Walter
Grassl
Walter.grassl@f-­‐krems.ac.at
Zukun4sraum
Thayaland
Willi
Erasmus
Willi.erasmus@thayaland.at