Editorial: heritage trails and tourism

This special issue presents a review of leading research on cultural and heritage trails and routes. The papers build on the seminal work by Timothy and Boyd (2015) in their book, Tourism and trails: Cultural, ecological and management issues [Bristol: Channel View Publications], where invited contributors focused on the following: the need for further theory and conceptual thinking in research on linear resource settings, operationalising trail and route development models that were put forward by Timothy and Boyd, towards better understanding of trail and route impacts and the role that communities can play in the development and management of trails and routes