{"id":2272,"date":"2011-06-27T13:59:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T20:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2011-06-27T18:54:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T01:54:28","slug":"mountain-biking-to-grow-30-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/2011\/06\/27\/mountain-biking-to-grow-30-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Biking to Grow 30% in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-scotland-business-13797283\" target=\"_blank\">BBC reports<\/a> there will be a 30% growth in mountain biking in Scotland over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2273\" title=\"scotland[1]\" src=\"http:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/scotland1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/>&#8220;The idea of a healthy adventure activity, where you can just pick up your bike and go, has grabbed the imagination of the mass market,&#8221; Katrina Morrison, Scottish Enterprise, told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the demand, Tourism Intelligence Scotland produced a guide on mountain biking tourism offering advice on how to cater to cyclists&#8217; needs&#8211;suggesting companies stock up on basic bicycle repair items, offer secure bike racks and cleaning facilities, and print off daily weather forecasts for guests.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1.3 million visits are made to Scotland each year for mountain biking, according to the Scottish Enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking of planning a trip to the UK (like I suddenly am)? You won&#8217;t need much convincing after reading these articles about mountain biking in Scotland.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gouk.about.com\/od\/sportsandadventures\/qt\/7stanestrails.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The 7stanes Trails<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/adventuretravel.about.com\/od\/exoticadventures\/a\/Scotland_Mountain_Biking_Cycling_Adventures.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Mountain Biking in the Scottish Highlands &amp; Isles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mountainbike.about.com\/bio\/Beth-Puliti-60130.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Beth Puliti<\/a>,\u00a0About.com <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainbike.about.com\/b\/2011\/06\/27\/scotland-to-have-30-growth-in-mountain-biking.htm?r=et\" target=\"_blank\">Guide\u00a0\u00a0June 27, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0BBC reports there will be a 30% growth in mountain biking in Scotland over the next five years. &#8220;The idea of a healthy adventure activity, where you can just pick up your bike and go, has grabbed the imagination of the mass market,&#8221; Katrina Morrison, Scottish Enterprise, told the BBC. As a result of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2278,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions\/2278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}