Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

161 Micro Businesses

▼ 1% from 163

1–19 employees

65 Small & Medium Business

▲ 2% from 64

20–99 employees

7 Large Business

▼ 0% from 7

100+ employees

9 Communities

Published employer locations for contributing Census subdivisions.

Community	Total	Accommodation	Food Beverage	Recreation Entertainment	Transportation	Travel Services	Change
Central Okanagan	12	3	3	3	2	1	-8%
Central Okanagan West	2	1	1	0	0	0	-33%
Coldstream	20	0	9	9	2	0	-5%
Duck Lake 7	3	1	1	0	1	0	+50%
Kelowna	581	34	353	126	43	25	+2%
Lake Country	46	9	22	9	4	2	-6%
North Okanagan B	5	3	0	1	1	0	0%
North Okanagan D	3	1	0	2	0	0	0%
Vernon	190	23	119	34	9	5	+3%

1 Detailed Business Breakdown

Tourism NAICS categories that have employer locations. Estimated employees use the same size-range midpoints as the cards above: Micro Businesses (1–19), Small & Medium Business (20–99), and Large Business (100+). Categories with no locations are omitted.

Group	Naics	Name	Count	Change	Estimated Employees	Micro Businesses	Small Medium Business	Large Business
Transportation	4811	Scheduled air transportation [4811]	1	0%	35	0	1	0
Transportation	4812	Non-scheduled air transportation [4812]	5	0%	15	4	0	0
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	4	+33%	15	4	0	0
Transportation	4855	Charter bus industry [4855]	1	0%	35	0	1	0
Transportation	4859	Other transit and ground passenger transportation [4859]	2	0%	37	1	1	0
Transportation	4871	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land [4871]	2	+100%	10	2	0	0
Transportation	4879	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, other [4879]	1	0%	0	0	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	6	0%	62	6	1	0
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	4	0%	61	4	1	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	9	-18%	221	8	1	1
Recreation and entertainment	7111	Performing arts companies [7111]	2	-50%	5	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7112	Spectator sports [7112]	1	0%	35	0	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	5	0%	13	5	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7121	Heritage institutions [7121]	4	-20%	47	3	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	7131	Amusement parks and arcades [7131]	1	0%	35	0	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	3	0%	5	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	32	-6%	742	20	10	1
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	10	-9%	298	5	5	0
Accommodation	7212	Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps [7212]	12	+9%	242	10	1	1
Food and beverage services	7224	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) [7224]	4	-33%	153	1	4	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	123	+5%	2,739	84	36	3

Parks

National park visits, BC Parks attendance, and how many parks are in this region.

954.7k BC Parks attendance 2023/24

▲ 32% from 720.6k

Latest complete fiscal-year attendance reported in person-days; unavailable values are not zero. 50% of parks reported attendance.

Parks

6 provincial parks.

Sources and attribution

Statistics Canada Adapted from Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3310109701

BC Parks Source: BC Parks, Province of British Columbia, licensed under the Open Government Licence - BC. https://bcparks.ca/

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