"There needs to be a closer relationship between parks, tourism and communities."

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.

Central BC Extension Tour-2007

The 2007 Extension Tour was done throughout central British Columbia and the 2008 will be conducted in the southern and coastal regions of the province.

The team members of the 2007 study tour included:

• Maureen Massini (College of New Caledonia)
• Richard Crowley (Malaspina)
• Nicole L. Vaugeois (Malaspina)
• Dan McDonald (Malaspina)
• Rachel Huber (Malaspina)
• Brad Goodwin (Malaspina)
• Randy Love (Thompson Rivers University)
• Carolyn Mead (Malaspina)

The observations of the study team were compiled into a report entitled "Rural tourism development in Central BC: Observation Report".

Link to full version report in PDF format here

Link to the 2007 extension tour route map here