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The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce recently announced Tourism Kelowna's sponsorship of the newly created "Excellence in Tourism" award, which will be presented later this year at the Chamber's 2019 Business Excellence Awards…
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Meeting Professionals International's (MPI) World Education Congress (WEC) returned to Toronto for the first time in almost two decades and Kelowna was well represented…
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We are thrilled to share some of the great sustainability initiatives happening around Kelowna and area that demonstrate our community's commitment to practicing responsible tourism. …
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Have you claimed your TripAdvisor listing? If you have not already done so, claiming your free listing should be at the top of your digital marketing to-do list, since each month, a portion of TripAdvisor's 490 million unique visitors are dreaming of, considering, or planning a trip to our region…
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The 2019 edition of our popular Outdoor Trails guide is now available for pick up from our Kelowna Visitor Centre. The guide showcases many of the popular hiking, biking, and paddling trails within the Central Okanagan.…
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June 28, 2019, marks the one-year anniversary of the Kelowna Visitor Centre, located at 238 Queensway Avenue in downtown Kelowna. Since opening last year, almost 240,000 people have come into the building to use one of its many services, which include local insider tips, community information, public restrooms, locally-created and -inspired merchandise, and more…
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The countdown is officially on for the Kelowna 2019 55+ BC Games. This past Saturday, event organizers held a ceremonial torch lighting in Stuart Park to kick-off the games, which take place September 10-14, 2019…
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On Friday, June 21, Westbank First Nation (WFN) and the City of Kelowna unveiled a monument of historic syilx Chief, Charlie swkn̓cut, who played an instrumental role in the history of the Okanagan during the contact era…
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The largest youth basketball tournament in B.C. is coming back to Kelowna in 2020. Syilx Basketball will be hosting the Junior All Native Basketball Tournament (JANT) from March 15-20, 2020, across five different venues in Kelowna…
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In March of this year, Tourism Kelowna and the Downtown Kelowna Association sat down to discuss options for sharing information about public restroom availability in the downtown area, as many businesses have been required to post signs stating "No Public Washrooms Available" or "Washrooms are for Customer Use Only."…
Tourism Kelowna would like to thank Westbank First Nation and Okanagan Indian Band for the privilege to live, work, and play on the tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land), that is the unceded and traditional territory of syilx Okanagan peoples, the original stewards of these lands and to whom we give thanks to as our hosts
Kelowna Visitor Centre:
238 Queensway
Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
1-800-663-4345
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