Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

103 Micro Businesses

▼ 5% from 108

1–19 employees

39 Small & Medium Business

▲ 8% from 36

20–99 employees

4 Large Business

▲ 33% 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 West	2	1	1	0	0	0	-33%
North Okanagan B	5	3	0	1	1	0	0%
Okanagan-Similkameen F	5	1	2	2	0	0	0%
Peachland	19	2	9	4	1	3	+6%
Thompson-Nicola M (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0%
Tsinstikeptum 10	4	0	2	2	0	0	-20%
Tsinstikeptum 9	39	2	28	6	2	1	+11%
West Kelowna	82	8	38	26	10	0	-5%

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]	4	0%	576	1	1	2
Transportation	4831	Deep sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation [4831]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4832	Inland water transportation [4832]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	1	-50%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4871	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land [4871]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4872	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water [4872]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4879	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, other [4879]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	8	+60%	52	7	1	0
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	3	+50%	40	2	1	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	4	0%	27	4	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7111	Performing arts companies [7111]	2	0%	5	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	5	0%	13	5	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7121	Heritage institutions [7121]	2	0%	14	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7131	Amusement parks and arcades [7131]	3	0%	164	1	2	0
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	17	-15%	340	14	3	0
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	7	0%	194	4	3	0
Accommodation	7212	Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps [7212]	6	+20%	128	5	1	0
Food and beverage services	7224	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) [7224]	4	+33%	118	1	3	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	74	-3%	1,928	48	24	2

Parks

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

985.3k BC Parks attendance 2023/24

▲ 168% from 367.7k

Latest complete fiscal-year attendance reported in person-days; unavailable values are not zero. 40% of parks reported attendance.

Parks

5 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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