‘Our year for tourism business recovery’: Tourism Kamloops reports nearly 2 million visitors in 2022
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KAMLOOPS — Tourism Kamloops says the city returned to pre-pandemic visitation in 2022, with nearly 2 million travellers making their way to the Tournament Capital last year.
In a news release issued Thursday (July 6), Tourism Kamloops says an estimated 1,956,900 visitors directly spent $310 million in the community, with nearly 74 per cent of it credited to travellers staying in commercial accommodations such as hotels.
According to Tourism Kamloops’ economic impact data, that was collected and analyzed by Larose Research & Strategy, there were around 870,000 day visitors and 830,000 overnight visitors.
“2022 was truly our year for tourism business recovery. And most notably, this was evident with the return of signature and annual events,” Monica Dickinson, Tourism Kamloops CEO says. “While our industry felt optimistic that the strong numbers signaled a transition from recovery after the pandemic, we need to remain diligent in our marketing, development and advocacy efforts.”
