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This chapter summarizes the key findings of the dissertation and illustrates its theoretical as well as methodological and managerial contributions. From the theoretical point of view, journey experiences are ultimately interpreted as performances on the move, mobility spaces as their stages. Interactions among infrastructures and individuals are deeply mediated by speed, in turn depending on individual attitude of riders, travel modes and contextual conditions. The strong linkage between individuals and modes enables the theorisation of the notion of human-vehicle hybrids, which needs further study in future research. Methodological contributions relate to the measurement of journey experiences in a real-life environment, as well as to the innovative visual representation of empirical results from multiple sources. Managerial implications in terms of tourism product development, road planning and sustainable mobility are valuable for future destination development. Finally, limitations related to the work are discussed and used as opportunities and leverages to improve future research.
Keep Ithaca always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you are destined for.
But do not hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you are old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaca to make you rich. […]
Ithaca gave you the marvellous journey.
Without her you would not have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
Konstantinos P. Kavafis (1863–1933; 1911)
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Scuttari, A. (2019). Discussion and Conclusion. In: Cycling and Motorcycling Tourism. Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17697-6_6
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