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By James Peters

Great year for golf

Tourism Kamloops reports banner year for destination golf

Nov 10, 2020 | 11:10 AM

KAMLOOPS — There is a silver lining around what has been a disastrous year for tourism in B.C. and the Kamloops area in particular.

According to Tourism Kamloops, destination golf had a banner year with revenues up 107 per cent.

It was a roller coaster to get there though, with booking off by 65 per cent in the three months after the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in B.C.

But with Phase 3 of the B.C. Restart Plan enacted for July, booking requests skyrocketed in July and August. Tourism Kamloops says those two months were up 500 per cent compared to the same months in 2019.

Destination golf is one of the lone bright spots for the tourism and accommodation sector in 2020, which has been rocked by event cancellations and restrictions on gathering and travel to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.

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