RT Journal Article T1 Key Elements for the Design of a Wine Route. The Case of La Axarquía in Málaga (Spain) A1 Cruz-Ruiz, Elena de los Reyes A1 Zamarreño-Aramendia, Gorka A1 Ruiz-Romero-de-la-Cruz, Elena María K1 Vino K1 Desarrollo rural K1 Enología AB The design of enotourist routes represents an opportunity for the sustainable development of rural territories. This qualitative study was structured in three parts to reach a cohesion model representing the academic literature, visitors, and winemakers. This research focused on the region of La Axarquía in Málaga (Spain) because of its wine and tourist tradition. In relation to the methodology, this study used content analysis techniques for the analysis of both the relevant literature and the questionnaires completed by all the winemakers of the territory, 60 tourists who visited the wineries, and the 10 most representative agents linked to the tourist development of this region. The findings provided a model with the elements to be taken into account in the creation of a wine route or itinerary in any destination of the world. The application of this model will contribute to the creation of new tourist policies that can move towards e cient progress of the region. PB MDPI YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33705 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33705 LA eng NO Cruz-Ruiz, E.; Zamarreño-Aramendia, G.; Ruiz-Romero de la Cruz, E. Key Elements for the Design of a Wine Route. The Case of La Axarquía in Málaga (Spain). Sustainability 2020, 12, 9242. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219242 NO We would like to thank all respondents for their kind cooperation for our questionnaires and the members of SEJ-121 and the University of Malaga (UMA) for their support. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026