Vancouver Coast & Mountains

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (May 14, 2009) --Vancouver, Coast & Mountains has welcomed spring with the launch of an inventive Vancouver travel guide for visitors to the Vancouver, Coast and Mountains region. The eco-friendly Virtual Vancouver Travel Guide enables visitors to customize, personalize and create a travel handbook designed specifically for their upcoming Vancouver vacations.

Flipping through the guide's digital pages, the Virtual Travel Experience Guide and Virtual Outdoor Experiences Guide allow "readers" to click on links directly related to the places they would like to visit on their Vancouver vacation. Readers are able to bookmark pages, add notes, and send the guide or portions of the guide to friends and family, thereby personalizing their very own Vancouver travel guide.

"Vancouver, Coast and Mountains is really like no other place on earth," says Kevan Ridgway, President & CEO. "The Virtual Travel Guides enable visitors to better visualize their vacation and provide time saving planning tools to help maximize their experience while in the Vancouver, Coast & Mountains region", adds Ridgway.

The guides are created with the technology of Zmags Inc., a self-service digital publishing software that transforms publications into interactive presentations that engage readers. The accessible format, and interactive page turner, is perfect for tour operators and travel agents to forward to clients, in addition to travel journalists and visitors who may be writing about or just enjoying a vacation to Vancouver BC.

About Vancouver Coast & Mountains: Vancouver Coast & Mountains, one of six tourism regions of Super, Natural British Columbia, includes four destination areas: Metro Vancouver, Sea to Sky Country, Mighty Fraser Country, and the Sunshine Coast. This non-profit society is governed by a private sector board of directors who represent business and community tourism interests from throughout the region. VCMBC works with Tourism British Columbia to utilize their combined resources and provide greater benefits to the provincial tourism industry through an integrated web presence. For more information about Vancouver, Coast & Mountains visit our website or call 604-739-9011.

Lisa Clement
Regional Media Relations Representative
604-484-5361
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