Our local tourism industry is facing an extremely challenging summer. As we head into the August long weekend—historically the busiest weekend in our year—we’re dealing with a number of active and quickly evolving issues…
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On Wednesday, July 28, Melanie Mark, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, announced that Kelowna had won the right to host the 2026 BC Summer Games. From July 23 - 26, 2026, Kelowna will welcome over 4,000 athletes, coaches, support personnel, and families to our city for the biennial multisport competition…
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We want to recognize some of the award wins and highlight notable news from our local tourism industry that occurred over the past few months…
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Dry and hot weather conditions have created additional challenges and considerations for summer travel. While emergency response crews work hard to respond to wildfires occurring across the province, our team is providing important information to travellers to help them make informed decisions and to visitors in the area, residents, and local businesses to help them stay safe and up-to-date on current conditions…
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As we move forward in BC’s Restart Plan and events start to kick back into high gear, reinvigorating our community, the City of Kelowna is setting out to develop its first-ever Events Strategy for Kelowna…
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This past May, Tourism Kelowna launched its second mobile passport program, the #exploreKelowna Wine Trails Passport. The passport was exclusive for the spring season and was in-market from the beginning of May until the end of June.…
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While there are not currently any wildfires of note in Kelowna or the Central Okanagan, smoke from wildfires across BC is impacting our region and the current fire danger rating throughout the Okanagan Valley is high or extreme. …
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For the month of July, Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) is offering free registration in the Rainbow Registered Program for Tourism Kelowna stakeholders and tourism-related businesses in the Central Okanagan…
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On July 12, the Government of Canada announced the launch of the Tourism Relief Fund, which will provide $500 million in funding, over two years, for the hard-hit tourism sector…
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Every month, tourism-related businesses and organizations in Kelowna and the Central Okanagan join Tourism Kelowna's Base or Enhanced Programs. We want to take this opportunity to welcome these new stakeholders to our organization and introduce them to the rest of our network and industry. …
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