The new way to sight-see for sporty tourists

Is running the hottest trend in the travel industry? As more international hotel chains offer incentives to get guests pounding the pavement, sight-running tours in major cities around the world are also on the rise.

Runner's World reports that the hottest travel trend is sightrunning, with tours available in nearly 50 cities around the globe, including New York, Boston, Paris, Copenhagen, Barcelona, and Cape Town, with that number rapidly growing. Most are launched by local entrepreneurs who love running and can guide small groups around their home turf, all while enjoying fresh air and exercise. A beer run is sometimes included. "Now it is the time that we have to do the next step to become as popular as the walking, bike, bus or Segway tours," Robin Florax, one of the coordinators of Go! Running, an international association for organizing running tours, told Runner's World. "That means, when a runner is traveling around the globe, that it becomes normal to check first the destination if a running tour provider exists there."