Exhibit 99.1

                           BOWLIN TRAVEL CENTERS, INC.
                Tax Basis Allocation Information for Shareholders

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Bowlin Travel Centers, Inc. (OTC
Bulletin Board: BWTL.OB), a Nevada corporation ("Bowlin Travel Centers") today
provided the following tax basis allocation information for Bowlin Travel
Centers shareowners:

On January 30, 2001, Bowlin Outdoor Advertising & Travel Centers Incorporated, a
Nevada corporation ("Bowlin"), made a pro rata distribution (the "Spin Off") to
the holders of its common stock of all the outstanding shares of common stock of
Bowlin Travel Centers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bowlin. Distributees
received one share of Bowlin Travel Centers common stock for every one share of
Bowlin common stock held. If a holder received Bowlin Travel Centers common
stock in the Spin Off, the new tax basis for such stock would be 13.66% of the
pre-existing tax basis of their Bowlin common stock, and the new tax basis for
their Bowlin common stock would be 86.34% of the pre-existing tax basis of their
Bowlin common stock.

Holders are encouraged to consult their personal tax advisors regarding this
matter and any further tax questions.

Bowlin Travel Centers also today distributed to the holders of Bowlin Travel
Centers common stock who received their shares in the Spin-Off a letter that
summarized the U.S. Tax consequences of the Spin-Off, along with providing a
worksheet for calculating the tax basis in the Bowlin Travel Centers common
stock, and a form of Information Statement for shareholders to deliver to the
Internal Revenue Service.

Bowlin Travel Centers, Inc. operates travel centers strategically located on
major interstate highways that utilize co-branding agreements with national
companies. The company's current operations are located in the Southwestern
United States.

Bowlin Travel Centers, Inc. files reports with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Filings can be viewed at www.sec.gov.