Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

167 Micro Businesses

▼ 5% from 175

1–19 employees

51 Small & Medium Business

▲ 13% from 45

20–99 employees

3 Large Business

▼ 0% from 3

100+ employees

8 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%
Okanagan-Similkameen D	6	1	3	2	0	0	+20%
Okanagan-Similkameen E	9	4	5	0	0	0	+13%
Okanagan-Similkameen F	5	1	2	2	0	0	0%
Okanagan-Similkameen I	4	2	0	1	0	1	-20%
Penticton	172	28	99	32	7	6	-2%
Penticton 1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Summerland	31	4	15	10	1	1	-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	4812	Non-scheduled air transportation [4812]	1	-50%	15	1	0	0
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	3	-25%	52	2	1	0
Transportation	4859	Other transit and ground passenger transportation [4859]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4871	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land [4871]	2	0%	22	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	2	0%	37	1	1	0
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	7	-13%	51	7	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7111	Performing arts companies [7111]	1		3	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	2	0%	5	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7121	Heritage institutions [7121]	4	0%	31	4	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7131	Amusement parks and arcades [7131]	2	0%	5	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	2	0%	152	1	0	1
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	31	+3%	529	26	4	1
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	36	-3%	718	29	6	1
Accommodation	7212	Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps [7212]	4	-20%	82	3	1	0
Food and beverage services	7224	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) [7224]	6	-14%	128	3	3	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	115	+2%	2,218	80	35	0

Parks

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

1.3m BC Parks attendance 2023/24

▲ 39% from 966k

Latest complete fiscal-year attendance reported in person-days; unavailable values are not zero. 75% of parks reported attendance.

Parks

8 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/

Penticton-Summerland