In the US, cycle tour facilities are privately owned. The idea is not
getting citiy governments to agree to them, it's convincing
businessmen that they can make a profit doing them.

After having been in Manilla traffic, I think that a bicycle would be
the fast way of getting around. The biggest problem for many perople
that visit the developing world probably would be that they feel
insulated in the cars. This way, they could see the place, but not
feel they are getting any on them.

It's actually a good idea. One way to do it that I see (off the top
of my head) would be to have a multinational company that can supply
the quality bikes and parts, as well as sales and advertising. They
then would start marketing to the "Lonely Planet crowd", who tend to
like the more interesting travel experiences. Then, look to publish a
few books - like travel guides telling how to do it - and some
magazine articles.

It could work, but would definately require a dedicated group of
people to make it happen.

> luismauriciohuaco <luismauriciohuaco@y...> wrote:
>
> Maybe this is not a brand new idea but just to open discussion I
> would like to know your points of view concerning cicletour
> facilities in cities. Many tourists would enjoy better experiencies
> in sighseeing tourist atractions while cicling. Thing is not many
> local authorities get to the point of providing sustainable ways to
> enhance urban tourism in developing countries. We should care to
> promote more usage of NMTs worldwide and tourism like not to appear
> in mind of many local turism operators.