Nearly £16m has been awarded to boost outdoor and adventure activities across Wales.
The money which is mostly from European funding and local councils will create four tourism "centres".
In north Wales, more than £6m will be spent improving cycling facilities and activities capitalising "upon the area's outstanding natural beauty".
In the south, an off-road cycling centre of excellence will be built and a scheme to link garden attractionsThe projects include a North Wales Cycling Activity Tourism Centre of Excellence, which includes a £2.2m plan to improve facilities across Denbighshire and Conwy.
The cycling centre at Coed Llandegla, near Wrexham, will be upgraded, and a "natural trail" linking Llangollen, Llandegla, Corwen and the Dee Valley will be built.
Money will also be spent upgrading facilities at Betws y Coed and Llyn Brenig in Conwy.
Denbighshire council welcomed the announcement, saying the schemes would bring an estimated 40,000 extra visitors to the area.
In Snowdonia, more than £4m will go towards the Eryri Centre of Excellence, which will be based across four sites.
There will be an activity centre, and the mountain biking trails at Coed y Brenin, near Dolgellau, will be expanded.
A downhill cycling facility will be developed around the old Llechwedd Quarry in Blaenau Ffestiniog, and a cycle track will link the Gwynedd village of Llanuwchllyn with the Urdd's Glan Llyn site near Bala.
Gwynedd council said the projects would help promote the area as a "world class outdoor activities destination".
Emyr Williams, of Snowdonia National Park Authority, said the projects would "benefit the local economy and the local communities of Snowdonia".
BBC Wales
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