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In partnership with Destination Canada, the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) has released a survey to capture feedback from the tourism industry on the current impacts of COVID-19 and on recovery issues…
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Tourism Kelowna and the City of Kelowna are conducting a Tourism Sector Housing Feasibility Study to learn more about tourism employee housing issues. We are seeking owners, operators, and employees of tourism-related businesses to participate in a two-hour focus group designed to gather feedback on employee housing issues and perspectives on potential solutions…
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Tourism Kelowna’s marketing engine is powered by more than 400 local tourism-related businesses and organizations. These stakeholders have entrusted us with funding to research, develop, and execute advertising and communication strategies that will inspire and motivate travellers to visit our beautiful year-round destination…
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Tourism Kelowna stakeholders will soon receive an online survey being issued this week to tourism businesses throughout the Kelowna area. The survey has been commissioned by Tourism Kelowna and the City of Kelowna as part of a broader study designed to assess the housing needs of tourism sector employees…
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Over the past three months, Tourism Kelowna has had the privilege of working with four bright students from UBC Okanagan's Faculty of Management…
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Tourism is a vitally important industry in Kelowna according to 95% of residents recently surveyed by Tourism Kelowna…
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Hotel occupancy numbers show that Kelowna experienced a strong summer season this year. June, July, and August had an average occupancy of 85.3%, which is 5.7 pp (percentage points) over the same period last year, with August surpassing the 90% occupancy mark…
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As a research-based organization, Tourism Kelowna conducts a wide variety of annual surveys to gather feedback, measure results, and inform future planning…
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Kelowna’s tourism industry generates $1.25 billion in economic impact annually. As this important economic driver continues to grow it becomes increasingly important that local residents support and understand the value of tourism and in turn, feel that a strong visitor economy is benefitting their quality of life…
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On Monday, July 29, an assessment of Kelowna's creative sector was released, highlighting the sector's impact on the city's economy…
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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