Melinda Barnes - Montana · Daily Expenditures •On average, cyclists spend $75.75/day •ITRR...

Melinda Barnes Executive Director

Bike Walk Montana www.bikewalkmontana.org


Who are these people!?

Why would we want them downtown??

They are normal,

everyday people

First Friday, Hamilton, MTBike Walk Montana

www.bikewalkmontana.org

and.. They

spend money!


Bozeman, MTBike Walk Montana www.bikewalkmontana.org

What about bicycle

tourists?


All Shapes, Sizes, Ages


Bicycle Tourism on the Rise


Average age = 52.4Age range = 18 - 7958% make > $75K76% male

Who are the touring cyclists?

While in MT these cyclists:

• Visit historical sites (40%)

• Visit Lewis and Clark sites (38%)

• Watch Wildlife (37%)

• Day hike (33%)

• Photograph Nature (30%)

• Visit Local Breweries (29%)

• Visit Museums (28%)


Daily Expenditures

• On average, cyclists spend $75.75/day

• ITRR nonresident survey 2012 3rd Q Vacationer spent $58.24/day

• ITRR estimates -nonresident visitors road/tour biking while in Montana in 2012 = 565,372


How do you welcome them

to your community

and downtown?


Start with Signage

Dayton, OH Ovando, MT


So how do you welcome them

to your community

and downtown?

London, OH Bike Walk Montana www.bikewalkmontana.org

Twin Bridges, MTBike Walk Montana


Akron, OH



Consider temporary signs

by WalkYourCity.org

Glendive, MT



Someplace to eat

Hardin, MT

Something to drink

Hamilton, MT


Or a local brew..

Fork to Farm Ride, Bitterroot Valley


Maybe a bike shop..

Westerville, OH


Probably a place to

wash laundry..


Public Restrooms are really important

Galena, OH


Someplace to sleep

Twin Bridges, MT

Ovando, MT


Warm ShowersCanal Fulton, OH


Columbia Falls, MT Bike Walk Montana www.bikewalkmontana.org

Deluxe Accommodations

Someplace to sleep

Twin Bridges, MT

Don’t be the walnut in the road Bike Walk Montana www.bikewalkmontana.org

Afterall, “It doesn’t take much to convince a cyclist to spend a bit more time and money in your town: just put out the welcome mat”


Melinda Barnes Executive Director

406-449-2787

[email protected]


http://www.bikewalkmontana.org/

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