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SUMMARY:Economics, community development and rail trails
DESCRIPTION:Darebin Bicycle User Group (BUG) invites you to hearDr. Su
 e Beeton from La Trobe University talk about the community benefits of
  Rail Trails.\nSue’s expertise is in tourism and community developme
 nt, and she has been studying the effect of the Murray to Mountains tr
 ail since 2003   7pm for a 7:30 start; Food and drink available\n*Ph
 oto courtesy of Railtrails Australia*\nGetting thereTrain: Hurstbridge
  line, south side, Fairfield railway stationBus: 567, Northcote to Reg
 ent; Bike: bike hoops at the station and two outside Bean Counter two 
 doors away (cnr Gillies St and Railway Place). Although there is nothi
 ng to lock your bike to, management are happy with bikes being parked 
 on the forecourt.More about Sue:Dr Sue Beeton is an Associate Professo
 r in Tourism at La Trobe University, where she has undertaken a variet
 y of research projects on tourism and recreation on public land and it
 s impact on local communities. She is the author of three books, two r
 elated to community development and tourism, with the third on the rel
 ationship between film and tourism.Her interest in Rail Trails began t
 hrough her work regarding managing multi-use trails, and has extended 
 into the field of cycling and cycle tourism. In 2003 Dr Beeton underto
 ok the first study on the economic effect of Rail Trail cycling on loc
 al communities, looking at three trails in Victoria. She has repeated 
 this study twice more at three year periods for the Murray to Mountain
 s Rail Trail, which is the most developed of the Rail Trails, providin
 g a rare longitudinal study. Over this period, the average spending of
  visitors to the Trail has increased to $244 per day in 2009, along wi
 th a growth in local facilities for cyclists and the community, along 
 with additional entrepreneurial opportunities. This compares favourabl
 y with the average spending of $159 per day for overall tourists in th
 e region. As Dr Beeton notes, “The high level of spending refutes th
 e belief that cyclists are ‘budget travellers’ who leave little in
  the local communities through which they cycle.”\n\nFor more inform
 ation visit http://www.melbournecyclist.com/events/economics-community
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20110721T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20110721T213000
CATEGORIES:general, meeting, with, a, great, guest, speaker
LOCATION:Fairfield Alphington RSL
WEBSITE:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=FAIRFIELD+ALPHINGTON+RSL&hl=en&l
 l=-37.779399,145.016785&spn=0.00619,0.013797&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&ss
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 7.779399,145.016785&spn=0.00619,0.013797&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=2
 5.484783,56.513672&radius=15000.000000&z=16
CONTACT:0410 667 634
ORGANIZER:Kathy Brunning, Darebin BUG
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