Research Proposal

ADVG 3200 – Adventure Sport and Tourism Feb 23, 2015

Research paper assignment

Kamloops as a MTB tourism destination

Due date: Submit paper by Tuesday, March 15 (cut off for submission is midnight 12 pm) Step 1: Review current literature (the four papers below are on Moodle):

• MTB Tourism (Tourism BC, 2010) • The birthplace of Freeride (Morton, 2013) • STRATEGIC ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT: Revelestoke v. Kamloops

Tourism Products, a comparison (Morton and Lewis, 2012) • Mountain Biking in Rossland and Golden (Destination BC, 2011)

Step 2: Gather more information from guest speakers Ted Morton and Craig Campbell. Both are heavily involved in Kamloops’ MTB community. Take advantage of Ted and Craig to identify open questions and next steps to take and issues with MTB tourism in Kamloops. Step 3: Research and answer/discuss the following points:

• Overview, introduction (mostly based on literature in step 1, but not exclusively)

o Current status of Kamloops as a MTB destination? o Potential of Kamloops as a MTB tourism destination? o What are the challenges that Kamloops is facing?

• Discuss future considerations: (the is the research related part of the

paper) o Speculate on the impact of climate change o How may the recently uncertain economy impact Kamloops? o What are the effects of the AJAX project? o Consider land use issues (trails on private land, crown land, BC

Parks, native land)

Research paper requirements:

o 10 pages max. o For guide lines on formatting and writing see course outline. o Hand in a stapled paper copy and submit a pdf-version (there

will be a drop box on Moodle) Marking criteria: Formatting 5% Structure 5% Language, grammar 10% Content (completeness 35%, depth 35%) Referencing (APA, quality of references) 10%