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Cycle Trails the new gold rush in New Zealand

clonmahon · 2012-03-01 14:52:11

Video about the Central Otago Rail Trail in New Zealand, 150 km gravel trail on an old railway line. Used by about 14,000 cycle tourists a year. It generates 12 million dollars for the local economy and is described by one local farmer as the biggest thing in the region since the Gold Rush. http://vimeo.com/37653981 Will…

01-03-2012 2:52pm

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Video about the Central Otago Rail Trail in New Zealand, 150 km gravel trail on an old railway line. Used by about 14,000 cycle tourists a year. It generates 12 million dollars for the local economy and is described by one local farmer as the biggest thing in the region since the Gold Rush.

http://vimeo.com/37653981

Will we in Ireland ever make a serious move to develop cycle trails on a major scale like this. If this is what can be achieved in a remote island nation like New Zealand, imagine all the potential cycle tourists right on our doorstep, in the UK and on the continent.

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