Kelowna’s tourism industry opened 2026 with continued strength in travel activity and visitor spending through the first quarter, with accommodation performance readjusting after the elevated benchmark set in Q1 2025, which was a result of Kelowna hosting the Montana's Brier in March 2025. …
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Kelowna’s tourism industry closed out 2025 on a strong and resilient note, with year-over-year gains in accommodation performance and air access continuing through the fourth quarter, even as visitor spending softened…
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Kelowna’s tourism industry sustained its upward trajectory through the third quarter of 2025, with strong performance across key indicators and year-over-year gains in most categories. The visitor economy continued to demonstrate resilience and balance, supported by robust accommodation performance…
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Tourism Kelowna collects research data from numerous sources, which helps support and inform our team's work while also allowing us to identify trends and patterns in the local market. Key indicators, including visitation, hotel occupancy, airport passenger numbers, visitor spending, and more, are…
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Tourism Kelowna collects research data from numerous sources, which helps support and inform our team's work while also allowing us to identify trends and patterns in the local market. Key indicators, including visitation, hotel occupancy, airport passenger numbers, visitor spending, and more, are regularly posted and collected…
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Tourism Kelowna collects research data from numerous sources, which helps support and inform our team's work while also allowing us to identify trends and patterns in the local market…
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Tourism Kelowna collects research data from numerous sources, which helps support and inform our team's work while also allowing us to identify trends and patterns in the local market…
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Performance measures for January to June 2022 indicate that Kelowna and the Central Okanagan’s tourism industry has performed well in the first half of the year. Overall, industry indicators have increased compared to the last two years (during the COVID-19 pandemic) and are close to 2019, which was our highest, benchmark year. While we are confident about the forecast for the second half of 2022 and into 2023, we continue to closely monitor national economic conditions that may impact consumer spending and travel behaviour. …
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In 2021, Kelowna and area’s tourism industry posted year-over-year gains compared to 2020 but remained behind pre-pandemic levels due to the ongoing pandemic and weather-related challenges…
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