Wave, walk and bike tourism: the case of Sulcis (Sardinia, Italy)

Slow tourism is a different way of traveling that is spreading more and more in Italy and in the world, which means traveling in a less consumeristic way, discovering beauties, cultures and local traditions, also through outdoor sports. It belongs to the categories of sustainable tourism and is opposed to fast mass tourism identified mainly with cruises and short breaks in the big cities. It is a way of traveling that enhances and promotes the development of responsible and sustainable territory. Slow tourism includes soft mobility systems such as walking, cycling and horse riding. It is a form of outdoor sports tourism, which also includes hiking and aquatic tourism, more commonly called wave (windsurfing, sailing, canoeing, etc.). With this work the authors intend to analyze the slow “wave, walk and bike” tourism of the Sulcis area (Sardinia, Italy) and the role of the Santa Barbara Walk, through digital tracks (walk and bike) of the relative smart community. The goal is also to geographically represent the slow tourism phenomenon with the main sites of environmental, historical, cultural and mining interest that characterize the Sulcis and the accommodation supply, in order to identify a strategy to strengthen sustainable tourism starting from slow tourism.