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At the beginning of October, we launched a local activation focused on encouraging residents to support local businesses during a traditionally slower tourism season…
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Tourism Kelowna is pleased to welcome Shereen Abbas to our team, as she takes on the Travel Media & Communications role for the organization…
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As Tourism Kelowna's social media channels and content needs grow, it's important to showcase our region through different mediums, as well as from a local point of view, so that's why we've launched the #exploreKelowna Creator Program…
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There are numerous ways you can spread the word about your business and its offerings, including working with travel media, influencers, and content creators…
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The importance of having a robust online presence and effective digital marketing has increased exponentially over the past two years. Tourism businesses can access a variety of grants, programs, and resources to help launch or improve their digital platforms and offerings, ensuring they are keeping up to speed with the changing landscape and consumer demands…
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Destination BC has launched Power Up! to provide tourism stakeholders across BC with free access to professional services designed to improve digital marketing activities and use of digital technology…
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Without question, this is the most challenging summer Kelowna and the Central Okanagan has faced in our lifetime. What's even tougher to comprehend, is that it's coming off the toughest year our industry has faced.…
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Through the winter and spring, our marketing and communications team was fully engaged in creating articles, curating social media content, producing new videos, and working with local content creators and media outlets to actively encourage Kelowna residents to stay local and support local…
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May 29, 2021, was a great day in Kelowna, not only was the weather warm and sunny but it was also the second annual Love for Kelowna Day! Throughout National Tourism Week, which ran from May 23 to 30, we posted profiles on the #exploreKelowna blog and videos to social media of several residents…
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The 2020/21 winter season has been tough for the tourism industry, with hotels among the hardest hit—normal occupancy levels during the winter in Kelowna are around 40-50%, but this year they have been as low as 20%. In an effort to boost hotel occupancy by encouraging staycations through the rest of winter and into spring, Tourism Kelowna is developing new content features focused on the local market…
Kelowna is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) of the syilx/Okanagan people who have resided here since time immemorial
Kelowna Visitor Centre:
238 Queensway
Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
1-800-663-4345
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