Welcome to our stories and experiences!
We are a team of bloggers of various lifestyles and passions sharing with you our Nicola Valley and Merritt adventures in the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada. It is our mission to inspire, educate and share with you the many experiences we enjoy here in valley as we work, play and live.
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Your Experience Nicola Valley blog articles have shined a new bright light on the City of Merritt BC through your sharing of positive stories and experiences. My business is grateful and I have been told from others they are just as appreciative.
The new website will allow those both near and far to see for themselves what we have to offer. The spotlight will be placed on local businesses and organizationsto promote products, services and events. The exposure will entice people to visit and support these hardworking folks in the valley. The program makes it easy to book a trip to the region, with recommendations and insights from local resident bloggers.
I am really excited about future of tourism in the Merritt and the Nicola Valley area. A strong team of bloggers are writing almost daily about the many opportunities and adventures we have to offer in this area. The opportunity to tell the world about our hidden gem by local residents is, to me, priceless.
We are very excited about this project and specifically how it showcases and supports local businesses here in Merritt. Tourism dollars are such a huge source of income for so many of Merritt’s business owners, but the work that Tourism Nicola Valley and eh Canada have done on building this “Experience Nicola Valley” brand is also keeping people here to shop local and renewing interest in exploring their own back yards, which is amazing.
This is a very exciting project, and will expose Merritt and the Nicola Valley to yet another great asset….. “The Blogging Program”. Tourists like to read about “real life experiences” , and that is what they will see. This program is unlike any other that has been launched in Merritt and the Nicola Valley. We want people to come and see what we have here, and better yet experience all of it…. From a Community Economic Development view this is yet another opportunity provided by Tourism Nicola Valley to the business community.
The bloggers have written about the wonders of Merritt and the Nicola Valley-the geography, the sunny days, the community events and attractions, the food, the outdoor adventures, the art and culture. I know this new venture will be a benefit to our community and will attract new visitors, new residents, and new businesses, and will inspire those of us who call the Nicola Valley home.
I wanted to pass along our sincere thanks for your generous support in my business, your dedication and facilitation of the Experience Nicola Valley blog. The Experience Nicola Valley blog has been a joy to watch and grow into what it is today – a major positive influencer online for attracting more people to our valley and to our business.
Developing a working model for community tourism marketing is one of the most important and sometimes elusive tasks for community groups. The Experience Nicola Valley blog led by Tourism Nicola Valley has created the positve energy and focus we need moving forward in the next 10 years.
The Experience Nicola Valley program is a clear, well-designed marketing program having all of us in the business community moving in a positive direction as one unit. Tourism Nicola Valley and the Experience Nicola Valley blog are doing a superior job at introducing more travelers to the valley.
Tourism Nicola Valley has delivered an engaging and informative marketing platform in the way of the Experience Nicola Valley Blog. It is an exciting, fresh and new approach to economic development that is receiving tremendous praise inside and outside the community.
I want to thank Exerience Nicola Valley blog for an excellent program. I watch and hear some great feedback about your program, as well as, I have witnessed it myself. You have motivated us all very much!
Fascinating. Definitely bookmarking this page. Really valuable info.
I will surely bookmark it and come back to read more of your useful information. Thanks for the impressive post.
Merritt is a beautiful place. I can see why you wanted to live the dream in Merritt.
I really find your blog very helpful. This is so much more current for planning vacations than that Tourism Merritt website.
This is just some kind of brilliant! The people not cities marketing communities. Makes so much sense they live, work and play in the community. They are passionate about the community. Just brilliant.
Experience Nicola Valley is becoming one of my “go-to blog sites” as a source of helpful information when exploring Merritt BC!
I love the way your community works and the way you use content. Congratulations to those community bloggers
If you haven’t yet checked out Experience Nicola Valley website, then you have to get on it and share, share, share! This is the best thing that’s happened for Merritt in a long time and with the help of some amazing volunteer bloggers, the city is being promoted around the world.
“I think my family grew up in the best place in the whole world, so many adventures!”
Merritt and the Nicola Valley have the most beautiful rolling hills and pristine lakes. If you like to go camping, hiking or spending time in nature, then you will love it! An added bonus are the warm and friendly people.
We have camped in BC Parks all over the Province, but our favourite has always been Monck Park. We love the Nicola Valley and this campground and park like no other!
When you drive the Coquihalla between Hope and Kamloops or Kelowna, make sure you plan a rest stop in Merritt.
Take an hour, get off the highway, bypass the franchise outlets and get into town. It is a great, historic BC town offering many splendid home-cooking cafés and a lovely walk around town. If you are a bit adventurous, drive or hike up to one of two lookouts for a panorama of the town, the Valley, and a nice introduction to BC’s cattle country.
Merritt also affords a couple of easy-going walks along the Coldwater and Nicola rivers. When heading south, stopping in Merritt offers one of the last opportunities to relax and take in some fresh country air. It’s well worth a stop for coffee, a terrific bowl of soup, and a wee walk-about.
We drove through Logan Lake to Merritt, on our way to Vancouver. Outstanding! Simply stunning, as is the Arts Centre.
It is so exciting to see the riches of Merritt showcased to the world in such a creative manner! We are proud to be the first community to have a community blogging team through Eh Canada!
Working with the team in the Nicola Valley I can say that the people we have met and the adventures we have explored has left a lasting impression on us.
”Adventure Awaits. Go find it.”
“A blog is only as interesting as the interest shown in others.”
“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” John W. Gardner
We write about your events, stories, art, cultures, businesses, and adventures. You then receive our Experience Nicola Valley Badge for posting proudly on your website, newsletters, and/or blogs. It is recognition worthy of sharing with your friends and family on your social media pages. Thank you for your hospitality. Thank you for putting up with our questions.
We may or may not get back to you right away. Unfortunately we may not be available at this time, or luckily depending on how you look at it, as we are out exploring the Nicola Valley region looking for our next blogging adventure.
We will get back to you as soon as we can,
depending on how long the adventure lasts.
Tourism Nicola Valley
Box 159, Merritt, BC, Canada
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