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Bike Park BC’s “The Ultimate Road Trip” gives you the ultimate mountain biking vacation in British Columbia
June 12, 2009 Bike Parks BC’s 2009 “Ultimate Road Trip” is giving away the “vacation of a lifetime” at beautiful British Columbia’s world-class mountain biking destinations. Two lucky winners will be selected for the grand prize tour, operating August 1st to 8th....
read moreBike Parks BC and Anthill Films Urge Mountain Bikers to FOLLOW ME…
Vancouver, BC, June 10, 2009 Bike Parks BC, a marketing consortium of lift accessed bike parks (Whistler-Blackcomb, Mount Washington, Silver Star, Sun Peaks, and Tourism Fernie) is pleased to announce its sponsorship of Anthill Films’ new movie, FOLLOW ME… Made...
read moreBC’s Mountain Bike Sector Expands Tourism Opportunities through Experiences BC® Program
Vancouver, BC, May 10, 2009 – Tourism British Columbia is pleased to announce the development of a new partnership with the Western Canada Mountain Bike Tourism Association (MBTA) aimed at engaging BC’s Mountain Bike sector stakeholders in Tourism British Columbia’s...
read moreNEW MOUNTAIN BIKE TOURISM SECTOR COMMITTEE
A new committee is forming to represent mountain bike tourism interests in Western Canada. The focus will primarily be on British Columbia given the international reputation that BC has acquired for its broad range of mountain biking experiences available across the...
read moreBC MOUNTAIN BIKE TOURISM SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCED – OCT 26-28, 2008 AT TALKING ROCK RESORT, CHASE, BC
Adventure tourism operators, community leaders, land managers, park planners, bicycle industry representatives and trail advocates will gather October 26-28, 2008 at the Talking Rock Resort near Chase, BC (approximately 1 hour east of Kamloops on Highway 1) to discuss...
read moreCOMMUNITY-BASED MOUNTAIN BIKE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT HANDBOOK TO BE PUBLISHED
A new resource handbook for communities, land managers and mountain bike stakeholders is planned that will assist in the development and enhancement mountain bike tourism opportunities and experiences in British Columbia. The document will be based on the BC context...
read moreBIKE PARKS BC launches ‘The Ultimate Road Trip’
What’s on your ‘DO LIST’? April 11, 2007 If you do only one thing this summer, at least say, “Yeah, I put my entry in for the Bike Parks BC Ultimate Road Trip” Two winners and a friend of their choice will take in an 8 day and 7 night all expenses paid road trip to...
read moreSEA TO SKY MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAILS GENERATE $10.3 MILLION
VANCOUVER - Mountain bike trails in the Sea to Sky region generated $10.3 million in visitor spending this summer and there is room for further development, according to a study conducted by the Western Canada Mountain Bike Tourism Association (MBTA) in partnership...
read moreMountain Biking Economic Impact Study set to Launch in the Sea to Sky Corridor
North Vancouver, BC June 1, 2006 – The Mountain Bike Tourism Association, in cooperation with community partners and the Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts announced the launch of a study to measure the economic impact of mountain biking in the Sea to Sky...
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