Kelowna's gaining prominence on the net
Kelowna,BC is on the radar for tourists looking to vacation in the sunny Okanagan according to Cheapflights.ca The travel site ranked the popularity of destinations by keeping track of the number of searches on its website. Kelowna based searches were up 70 percent over the first six months of 2009 according to the site. Ultimately, Kelowna ranked third overall out of a list of 100 top destinations in Canada, The United States, Central America and the Caribbean. The only cities to beat out Kelowna were Havana and Mexico City respectively, which translates to more local tourism dollars in the coffers. Those tourist monies generate some $346 million dollars that flow into the Okanagan annually. The tourism workforce in Kelowna,BC account for 6,900 jobs and provides $130 million in wages.
Some terrific Okanagan based tourism websites:
Tourism Kelowna
YLW International Airport
OK Map Guides
Sincerely,
Jason Neumann
Posted by Jason Neumann
on October 10, 2010