Although face-to-face meetings and non-essential travel are not occurring at the moment, our Business Development team continues to connect with planners to generate interest in our destination for meetings, conferences, and events; we are also engaging with our stakeholder partners to support them during this time…
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve and is having a direct and significant impact on the tourism industry in Kelowna and around the world. Our plan is to help preserve our local visitor economy during these unprecedented times. When it is safe to do so, we will make an additional push to help local businesses recover, and will then develop our ongoing planning to promote our destination…
Over the past couple of weeks, Tourism Kelowna's Visitor Experience team has made some changes to continue providing top-level service while connecting visitors and local residents to the businesses in our community that remain open with existing or modified service…
Input from businesses about the impacts of COVID-19 is critical to help inform the government about what is needed to make it through, and recover from, this pandemic. Make your voice heard by completing the following surveys…
The Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), Hotel Association of Canada, and Restaurants Canada have joined together to ask government to help address the travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors directly, specifically through tax relief and credit measures…
In the interest of public health and safety due to COVID-19, sports leagues, events, and festivals around the world have been postponed indefinitely or cancelled outright. As per the direction of BC Public Health, several events in Kelowna have been cancelled…
Follow this post for up-to-date information on support offered through the Government of British Columbia's COVID-19 Action Plan and the Government of Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan…
During the past week, federal and provincial health authorities have been implementing measures to keep our communities safe from COVID-19, including social distancing and the restriction of events over 50 people. In adherence to these measures, Tourism Kelowna has postponed the Central Okanagan Tourism Industry Showcase that was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020…
As the response to COVID-19 continues to evolve quickly and with directives from public health officials advancing daily, is it clear that this pandemic is having a significant and direct impact on our community. Last week, we sent out our first survey to Tourism Kelowna’s voting stakeholders to hear how COVID-19 is directly impacting our local tourism industry…
With the COVID-19 public health issue evolving rapidly, and with the closure of several civic facilities, Tourism Kelowna will temporarily close the Kelowna Visitor Centre today, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. until further notice. This follows the closure of our Airport Information Kiosk and mobile operations, which occurred yesterday, March 16.…
Kelowna Visitor Centre:
238 Queensway
Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
1-800-663-4345
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