CASTLEGAR, British Columbia, Oct. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Paddlebc.ca has simply launched, bringing a listing of BC’s world-class guided paddling experiences to your fingertips. A collaboration between BC’s paddling associations, and supported by Destination BC, this on-line listing lets paddling fanatics of all ranges simply uncover BC’s world-class locations and waterways for paddleboarding, kayaking, rafting, canoeing, and kayak fishing.
“I love to paddle everything, from lakes and rivers to the ocean, and when I travel my paddleboard always goes with me,” explains Paddle BC founder, Andrea Ryman. “Having worked in tourism for the last 15 years, I noticed that fishing and biking have led the charge in BC for adventure tourism. With the wealth of waterways running though the province, creating Paddle BC seemed like the best next step to highlight British Columbia’s epic adventure playground.”
Facts about paddling in BC:
- BC has over 25,000 kilometres of ocean shoreline to discover, innumerable rivers and tributaries, and greater than 20,000 lakes of all sizes.
- Canoeing and kayaking are the fourth hottest out of doors actions and are as well-liked as fishing (Source: General Social Survey, Canadians at Work and Home, 2016).
- There are six various paddling areas in BC: the Kootenay Rockies, Thompson Okanagan, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Northern BC, Vancouver Island, and the Vancouver, Coast and Mountains area.
- Adventure tourism, which continues to be on the rise since Covid, generates in extra of $2 billion in annual earnings in each nook of the province.
What you’ll uncover at PaddleBC.ca
- A listing of the highest guided paddling experiences throughout BC. All of the experiences featured have been expertly vetted to guarantee a protected and memorable paddling expertise.
- You can search up experiences by paddling-type, particularly: paddleboarding, kayaking, rafting, canoeing, and kayak fishing.
- Explore experiences by waterway sort: Find the highest lakes, rivers and ocean experiences BC has to provide.
- BC’s world-renowned paddling experiences – that folks journey from across the globe to paddle, akin to:
About Paddle BC
Launched in 2022, Paddle BC is a collaboration between paddling associations and tourism organizations and has two major targets. The first is to promote British Columbia as a world-class paddling vacation spot that gives among the most different and enjoyable waterways on the planet. The second objective of Paddle BC is to endorse the security of the game with the assistance of native consultants. Paddle BC is supported by companions together with Destination British Columbia, Tourism Kamloops, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Tourism Fernie, Fishing BC, Tourism Squamish, Indigenous Tourism BC, and Tourism Golden.
Paddle BC gratefully acknowledges that we stay, work and play on the territories of the 203 First Nations in British Columbia.
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Website: paddlebc.ca
Facebook: fb.com/paddlebc
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Media Contacts:
Andrea Ryman
Paddle BC
[email protected]
250-608-1579
Kirstin Richter
The Social Agency
[email protected]
604-817-7643
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