The economic impacts of constructing an ATV bypass route in the Town of Conception Bay South
The development and maintenance of trails that permit the use of off-road vehicles present tremendous opportunities for tourism product development. Newfoundland and Labrador is hoping to capitalize from trail users by building a province-wide trail network using the former Canadian National Railway...
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ftuniwaterlooojs:oai:canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/oai:article/3866 2023-05-15T17:20:44+02:00 The economic impacts of constructing an ATV bypass route in the Town of Conception Bay South Perry, Krista 2016-09-08 application/pdf https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/pced/article/view/3866 eng eng University of Waterloo https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/pced/article/view/3866/4821 https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/pced/article/view/3866 Copyright (c) 2016 Papers in Canadian Economic Development Papers in Canadian Economic Development; Vol. 15; 33-47 0833-1871 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2016 ftuniwaterlooojs 2022-05-09T15:37:05Z The development and maintenance of trails that permit the use of off-road vehicles present tremendous opportunities for tourism product development. Newfoundland and Labrador is hoping to capitalize from trail users by building a province-wide trail network using the former Canadian National Railway line. Since the section of the trail through the Town of Conception Bay South is non-motorized, the Town hopes to build an ATV Bypass Route in order to draw all-terrain vehicle (ATV) users and create a continuous trail for them. This paper presents information on the economic impact of the ATV industry and case studies from similar jurisdictions in Canada and the United States to support the argument that ATV tourism is a good investment.Keywords: economic impact, trail development, tourism, recreation, all terrain vehicles, Newfoundland Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Waterloo Library Journal Publishing Service (University of Waterloo, Canada) Canada Newfoundland |
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The development and maintenance of trails that permit the use of off-road vehicles present tremendous opportunities for tourism product development. Newfoundland and Labrador is hoping to capitalize from trail users by building a province-wide trail network using the former Canadian National Railway line. Since the section of the trail through the Town of Conception Bay South is non-motorized, the Town hopes to build an ATV Bypass Route in order to draw all-terrain vehicle (ATV) users and create a continuous trail for them. This paper presents information on the economic impact of the ATV industry and case studies from similar jurisdictions in Canada and the United States to support the argument that ATV tourism is a good investment.Keywords: economic impact, trail development, tourism, recreation, all terrain vehicles, Newfoundland |
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The economic impacts of constructing an ATV bypass route in the Town of Conception Bay South |
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The economic impacts of constructing an ATV bypass route in the Town of Conception Bay South |
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The economic impacts of constructing an ATV bypass route in the Town of Conception Bay South |
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