Evaluation of Long-Distance Hiking Trails in Turkey
This study addresses the current status of long-distance hiking trails in Turkey, examining their historical developments and sustainability issues. It offers recommendations for effective planning and resource use, highlighting the deficiencies in the management of these trails.
Servet Karaca, Academician, Mersin University
Trail Tourism: Aligning Demand, Product and Stewardship
Trails can take off overnight through social media – or be built with big hopes and low visitation. This session looks at why trail tourism can swing between boom and bust when demand, product and place management are out of sync. Learn what needs to be in place before you promote or build.
Lenore Lyons, Director, Concept 2 Strategy
Build It and They Will Come. Maintain It and They Will Keep Coming.
Ongoing trail maintenance challenges should be understood primarily as a governance and impact realisation issue, rather than an operational failure or asset management challenge. In many cases, responsibility for trail maintenance is transferred to operational areas without clear accountability for long-term impact and value realisation. As a result, maintenance is often treated as a discretionary operational cost rather than a core enabler of the intended public value of the investment. Contemporary research on project success and governance shows that delivery of infrastructure alone is insufficient to achieve lasting impact. Long-term value depends on governance arrangements that extend beyond project completion and actively steward benefits over time.
Tim Roach, Researcher and Consultant, Edith Cowan University
Peri-Urban Trails: Shaping Policy, Collaboration, and Territorial Identity
Shared public trails in peri-urban areas are increasingly central to local development strategies. Beyond recreation, they raise questions of governance, land use, and cooperation across municipalities. This presentation explores trails as public policy tools that shape inter-municipal collaboration
Pascal Veyradier, Jarrahdale Trail Coordinator, Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale
