{"id":391278,"date":"2026-01-04T15:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T15:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/391278\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T15:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T15:15:09","slug":"cycling-tourism-takes-victoria-up-a-gear-news-and-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/391278\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling tourism takes Victoria up a gear | News and articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> &#13;<br \/>\n      Published: 5 January 2026&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<p>Cycling is booming across Australia, and Victoria is at the heart of the surge.<\/p>\n<p>Biking is a refreshing way to immerse yourself in nature and discover places far from the usual tourist trail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cyclist-on-the-omeo-trail.jpg\" alt=\"A person mountain biking through a shade bush Omeo trail, dressed in a bright pink top and dark shorts.\" width=\"200\" height=\"297\" class=\"right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em;\" title=\"Mountain biking on the Omeo Mountain Bike Trail\"\/>In 2024, Victoria had the highest number of visitors with a trip that included cycling of any Australian state or territory. The numbers speak for themselves:<\/p>\n<p>4.6 million trips included a cycling experienceVisitors spent 42 million visitor nights enjoying cycling adventuresTogether, these trips generated an incredible $6 billion in total spend.<\/p>\n<p>Cycling is also attracting global participation, with 1 in 20 international visitors to Australia taking part in a cycling activity during their stay.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re investing in cycling tourism to give visitors even more reasons to explore our stunning regions on 2 wheels.<\/p>\n<p>Projects supported through infrastructure investment include:<\/p>\n<p>From breathtaking coastlines and award-winning wineries to historic townships and wildlife encounters, cycling opens Victoria\u2019s diverse landscapes in a unique and sustainable way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Published: 5 January 2026&#13; Cycling is booming across Australia, and Victoria is at the heart of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-391278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}