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Building on our organization's ongoing commitment to sustainable, responsible tourism and destination development, Tourism Kelowna hosted its first Stewardship Symposium on September 25, 2024…
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Building on its team's experience from the wildfires, floods, and COVID over the last five years, Destination BC (DBC) is working with Regional Destination Marketing Organizations (RDMOs), including the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association, the BC Hotel Association (BCHA), Indigenous Tourism BC (ITBC), and several City Destination Marketing Organizations, including Tourism Kelowna, to develop a collaborative approach and messaging to support wildfire impacted communities…
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The provincial state of emergency has been extended until December 28, 2021, having been instituted in response to severe flooding and mudslides throughout the province in November…
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The Indigenous Tourism BC “Spark” Mentorships & Grants Program launched on November 10, with the goal to “spark” new Indigenous tourism ideas and initiatives in British Columbia…
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Numerous local, provincial, and national organizations continue to host webinars and virtual events to provide learning and networking opportunities and to facilitate discussions on a variety of topics. Here are some of the upcoming webinars and events you can attend…
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Numerous local, provincial, and national organizations continue to host webinars and virtual events to provide learning and networking opportunities and to facilitate discussions on a variety of topics. Here are some of the upcoming webinars and events you can attend…
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More than 700 delegates from around the world gathered in Kelowna for Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada’s 8 th annual International Indigenous Tourism Conference (IITC), which was held November 12-14, 2019…
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A highlight of the International Indigenous Tourism Conference (IITC), which is set to take place in Kelowna this November, is the annual Indigenous Tourism Awards, which are presented on the last day of the conference…
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Exciting news this week from the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) as they announced Jordin Tootoo, the first Inuk player in the National Hockey League (NHL) and founder of the Team Tootoo Fund, as a speaker at the International Indigenous Tourism Conference (IITC), which takes place in Kelowna, November 12 to 14, 2019…
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On Thursday, June 27, Indigenous Tourism BC (ITBC) and Westbank First Nation (WFN) will be hosting a workshop titled “The Value of Tourism.”…
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
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