The recognition of mountain biking and bushwalking has created a mini tourism growth for a lot of regional cities, however Dwellingup and Collie, with over 675 kilometres of trials between them, are the standouts — and so they have been topped WA’s premier Mountain Bike Path Cities by Trails WA final week.
The Path City initiative, which goals to spice up WA’s regional centres by selling the path cities as tourism hotspots, has performed a significant half within the tourism increase for the cities.
Trails WA, the Division of Biodiversity, Conservation and Points of interest (DCBA) and the Division of Native Authorities, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) collaborated to develop Path City requirements that cowl standards reminiscent of path infrastructure, landscapes, tourism advertising and marketing, upkeep and neighborhood engagement.
Regional cities that meet these requirements can earn the title of a WA Path City and use the Path City brand of their promotions.
Suzanne Hillier, Chairperson of Trails WA says the advantages of reaching WA Path City standing are quite a few.
“The Path City initiative goes past mere recognition; it focuses on transformation,” Ms Hillier stated.
“By embracing these requirements, cities can reimagine themselves as vibrant exercise hubs, attracting guests, driving commerce, and fostering neighborhood pleasure.
“It not solely enhances visibility amongst outside fans but additionally attracts vacation spot path customers and holidaymakers — making it simpler for them to plan their subsequent trail-cation.”
Dwellingup
Simply over an hour’s drive from Perth, Dwellingup has an abundance of nature-inspired experiences, so it’s no shock that it was additionally introduced because the 2023 Nationwide High Tiny Tourism City.
The tiny hills hamlet is house to an intensive community of mountain bike trails starting from easy-flowing single observe to hard-core trails with horrifying names like Karrakatoa, Busted Nuts, Bam Bam, and Tombstone.
There are 35 trails within the space with a mixed size of simply over 275km and so they entice greater than 34,500 customers yearly.
Collie
Collie could also be just a little additional away, nevertheless it trumps Dwellingup with its sheer variety of trails. Mountain bikers will discover an enormous vary of tracks of various problem round Wellington Nationwide Park and on the Arklow Path Community.
The world round Collie boasts 59 trails with a mixed size of simply over 400km that pulls greater than 20,000 customers yearly.
You could find out extra concerning the trails and the cities at trailswa.com.au.
