Economics drives development. Mountain Biking has a high ROI (return on investment). The outlay is very low for the return. However, it is the council who will pay from rates while the return will go to business most who not be local but will be mountain bike and paraphernalia in general, followed by travel costs – too and from trails and then Short Term Accommodation – which includes Airbnb type accommodation that reduces the resident population of tourist towns.
Mountain Biking in Australia: An Economic and Participation Analysis-Auscycling-March-2021
Prepared by the peak cycling organisation, Auscycling, and launched by the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, this document has all the data used to drive the economic development of Mountain Biking in Australia.
Australian Mountain Bike Market Profile-Survey Data 2016
An older market profile superseded by the Auscycling 2021 analyses.
Active impacts The economic impacts of active recreation in Victoria – the Marsden Jacob Report 2018
This report was used by the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination to support Mountain Biking as a recreation. However, this report does not include any mountain biking data in it.
Rethink Warburton Mountain Bike Destination 