With so many businesses in the Okanagan relying on tourism dollars, the upcoming season is cause for concern for many entrepreneurs. “It’s definitely going to impact our situation,” said Max Sloan, owner of the Pulp Fiction and Robbie Rare Books coffee shop.
With the Americans coming across, they were coming across with a strong dollar and of course that’s not going to happen.” With pandemic-related travel restrictions in place and people choosing to stay close to home, the season is shaping up to be unlike any other. “This pandemic is something we have never seen before,” said Lisanne Ballantyne,president and CEO of Tourism Kelowna. “Our entire market — Kelowna and the whole area — has been through difficult times before. “In 2017, we had