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Tourism Kelowna
Find deals around Central Okanagan today for ‘Love for Kelowna Day’
There are festivities, including a wine tasting, downtown and businesses around the city are offering…
Tourism in Central Okanagan is growing beyond pre-pandemic levels
Tourism is bringing in more money to the Central Okanagan than before the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Central Okanagan saw more visitors during 2020 than year before, despite pandemic
Despite COVID-19 travel restrictions about 100,000 more people visited the Central Okanagan in 2020 than…
Downtown Kelowna gets new hand sanitizer stations, travel tips
Residents and visitors will soon be using hand sanitizer stations and travel tips to keep…
Still want visitors to the Central Okanagan this fall? Tourism Kelowna wants to know
Tourism Kelowna is launching a new on-line survey to see how willing Central Okanagan residents…
Surge in Kelowna COVID-19 cases hasn’t hurt hotel industry
As news spreads that Kelowna is a hot spot for COVID-19 some visitors have been…
Tourism Kelowna won’t be getting money from the affordable housing fund
Tourism Kelowna won't be able to tap into the city's fund for buying land for…
Big White is anticipating travel and tourism will open before the weekend
The man in charge of Big White Ski Resort told Kelowna Chamber of Commerce members…
Show your love for Kelowna campaign attempts to offset tourism’s economic crisis
Tourism-based businesses came off a banner year but COVID-19 has dealt a curveball, which the…
Spice up your Zoom calls with these free Kelowna, Kamloops backgrounds
Tourism groups in Kamloops and Kelowna are offering Zoom users some local background options to…
iN VIDEO: Photographer honours his Kelowna roots with spectacular drone video
KELOWNA – There's two weeks left of summer. We'll all probably continue arguing about development,…
Beached out? How about H20, the only wave pool in the B.C. interior?
KELOWNA – Ask the locals: The real Okanagan Lifestyle is mostly hosting friends and family…
Taj Mahal or Travel Van: Two different takes on tourism promotion in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Both Kelowna and Penticton rely heavily on tourism but they are reaching out…
Summer tourism struggles? Tourism Kelowna says hotel occupancy in Kelowna is up
KELOWNA – Although some local businesses are struggling this summer, hotel occupancy is up from…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Potential Kelowna tourists put off by flooding concerns
KELOWNA – The national and provincial media coverage of the Okanagan flooding may be playing…
Tourism in Kelowna has become a billion dollar industry: report
KELOWNA – Almost two million people visit Kelowna each year making it a billion dollar…
New Kelowna tourist centre getting more negative feedback than City expected
KELOWNA – Although there is more opposition to the proposed tourism centre on Okanagan Lake in…
Kelowna hotel room tax to rise next year
INCREASE WILL RAISE AN ADDITIONAL $900,000 FOR TOURISM MARKETING KELOWNA – A tax levied on…
Rainy summer can’t keep tourists away from Kelowna
KELOWNA – The unusually wet summer and low Canadian dollar haven't had much impact on…
Tourism centre proposed for high-profile spot on Kelowna’s waterfront
KELOWNA – Tourism Kelowna is proposing a new tourism information centre for the city’s waterfront…
Kelowna looks perfect in new tourism promo video
KELOWNA - A slick, new promotional video touting all that Kelowna has to offer was released Friday, Dec. 11. In the video, which has an obvious professional polish, was produced for Tourism Kelowna and features dozens of Kelowna locals, including Global Okanangan's Wesla Wong, shopping, sipping wine, boating, dining, skiing and generally loving life in...
Tourism continues to thrive in Central Okanagan
KELOWNA - It was a banner year for tourism in Kelowna, with both occupancy and revenue up at local hotels, a key indicator of a successful season. Tourism Kelowna president Nancy Cameron told Kelowna council Monday afternoon the number of room nights in local hotels and motels was up four per cent while revenue from...