{"id":10305,"date":"2015-12-14T22:01:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T06:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=10305"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:51","slug":"bicycling-tourists-are-older-wealthier-and-in-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/12\/14\/bicycling-tourists-are-older-wealthier-and-in-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicycling Tourists Are Older, Wealthier, and In Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-shot-2015-12-14-at-9.53.09-PM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/12\/14\/bicycling-tourists-are-older-wealthier-and-in-demand\/screen-shot-2015-12-14-at-9-53-09-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-shot-2015-12-14-at-9.53.09-PM.png?fit=589%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"589,335\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2015-12-14 at 9.53.09 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-shot-2015-12-14-at-9.53.09-PM.png?fit=589%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10306\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-shot-2015-12-14-at-9.53.09-PM.png?resize=589%2C335\" alt=\"Screen shot 2015-12-14 at 9.53.09 PM\" width=\"589\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">&#8220;Tourism officials and cycling advocates sometimes refer to tourists on bicycles as \u201c<strong>wallets on wheels.<\/strong>\u201d That\u2019s because they stay longer in a state and spend more per day than other tourists.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/blogs\/stateline\/2015\/11\/30\/bicycling-tourists-are-older-wealthier-and-in-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the whole article!\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Tourism officials and cycling advocates sometimes refer to tourists on bicycles as \u201cwallets on wheels.\u201d That\u2019s because they stay longer&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/12\/14\/bicycling-tourists-are-older-wealthier-and-in-demand\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-2Gd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5685,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/07\/23\/more-german-cycle-tourists-on-recumbents-this-time-in-ireland-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":10305,"position":0},"title":"More German Cycle Tourists (on recumbents this time) in Ireland","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Not a good idea to stop cycle tourists from Germany outside of a bar. 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