"As our urban centres become increasingly aware that the lack of support for rural lifestyles has translated into a degraded quality of life for all, the definitive outcome will (with any luck) perhaps be the reawakening of the rural way of thinking which holds so many answers to so many issue we consider prevalent."

TRIP Partners

• Vancouver Island University
• Thompson Rivers University
• College of the Rockies
• University of Northern British Columbia
• College of New Caledonia
• Tourism BC
• The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
• BC Parks
• LinkBC Network
• Canadian Rural Secretariat

Funding

• This project received funding support from the Government of Canada.

Reaching Out

We recognize that entrepreneurs and community leaders working to develop tourism in rural areas of BC are busy people who often have to travel to access support in larger centers. An important part of the TRIP project is to bring the partners out to rural communities to learn from and experience the realities of tourism development in these areas.

Through our extension tours, regional liaisons and customized workshops you can obtain resources to support tourism right in your own backyard.