SegwayGuidedTours.com Online Directory Reaches 300 Tours Milestone

May 17, 2009 - PRLog -- SegwayGuidedTours.com announced that its worldwide directory of guided tours featuring the Segway® Personal Transporter reached a milestone three hundred (300) Tours. The directory’s three hundredth tour is Adventure Tours of Idaho, offering tours of downtown Boise utilizing the unique Segway® PT as its mode of transportation. This is the first tour listed in the directory for the state of Idaho.

In the U.S., Florida lists the most tours with twenty-nine (29) guided tour locations. When the directory reached 200 tours in August 2007, Florida had just eighteen (18) tours listed, second only to California which had twenty-one (21) tours. Today, California lists twenty-eight (28) tours. Texas is currently third with sixteen (16) guided tours.

In addition to the United States, the directory features one hundred fifteen (115) non-U.S. tours in areas as diverse as Latvia, Zambia, Portugal and the United Kingdom. The international presence of guided tours featuring the Segway® Personal Transporter is continually growing. There are 30 guided tours in Spain alone.

Since its introduction on December 3, 2001, the Segway® Personal Transporter has transformed guided tours in popular tourist destinations and historical cities, enabling tourists to view many more sights than a walking tour while still offering an up-close-and-personal experience. Most tours featuring the Segway PT are independently owned and operated by entrepreneurs passionate about both their locale and the Segway PT. This often results in a tour that is much more fun and lively than a traditional mass-market tour.

After experiencing a guided tour on a Segway PT, many eager participants inquire about similar tours in other locations, with SegwayGuidedTours.com serving as a resource to find those other tours. Some of the most popular Internet searches for Segway guided tours include Barcelona, Washington DC, Las Vegas, and Philadelphia.

Advancing the Segway technology with the introduction of Project P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility & Accessibility) - developed in collaboration with General Motors (GM) - future Segway tours may leverage PUMA’s Autonomous Operation to provide a high-tech theme park experience with multiple PUMA’s automatically following a tour leader’s vehicle while the occupants are free to experience the sights.

About SegwayGuidedTours.com - Launched in March 2004 with under twenty tour listings, the directory quickly became the most complete source of guided tours for use by tour operators, tourists and enthusiasts of the Segway PT. Developed by Segway enthusiasts at The JBI Company, Inc., the directory offers free listings to all Segway guided tour operators and currently serves more than 9,000 visitors each month. http://www.SegwayGuidedTours.com is an independent service not affiliated with Segway Inc. Segway® is a registered trademark of Segway Inc.