Mobile service key to Lake Country visitor info booth this year
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N 50° 06.684 W 119° 23.293
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The Lake Country Visitor Information Centre is part of the Gatzke Orchards located at 15975 Old Mission Road.
Waymark Code: WMVVNY
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/29/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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We visited the orchard and visitor centre in 2014, the first year that Lake Country also a travelling visitor centre which attended various events in the area, as described in the news item below. What brought us here were all the old tractors on display, only to discover the visitor centre.

During the summer and early fall the fruit stand is open and offers an array of local produce. This is a fairly small visitor centre, offering local information, maps and pamphlets. I found the lady who helped me very knowledgeable of the area and directed us to some other interesting places to visit.

Mobile service key to Lake Country visitor info booth this year

KEVIN PARNELL - Thu May 29th, 2014 6:00pm - NEWS
The visitor information centre in Lake Country has opened for another season at Gatzke Orchards but for the first time ever tourism information will be available at several different locations throughout Lake Country this summer and even in Lake Country’s neighboring communities.

Gatzke Orchards will once again act as the main stop for tourists looking for information but the Gatzke’s has also committed to a plan that will see at least 140 hours of mobile service, setting up a kiosk at various events through Lake Country this tourist season.

The tourist kiosk will be set up at regular events such as the farmer’s market as well as special events like ArtWalk, the classic car show and Oyama Fun Days and will also spread out and will set up at both the Vernon and Kelowna Farmer’s Markets as part of a trial run this year.

The idea for a traveling kiosk came from Lake Country’s Tourism Development Commission (TDC), formed in 2013 to work on tourism policies and promotions...

Tourism information booths are becoming a struggle to continue to operate as tourists have changed the way they get their information in this day and age. Together with the new highway promoting a flow of cars that don’t go past Gatzke Orchards, the Lake Country Visitor Information Booth is located in an area that gets fewer traffic than it used to...

The Visitor Information Booth used to be operated by the Lake Country Chamber of Commerce until it opted against performing the service and handed it back to the District of Lake Country last year.

Gatzke’s was hired as the contractor to provide the service.

Data will be collected this year at the traveling kiosk and a report prepared to see what the results of the new strategy were.

Meanwhile the main tourism information booth is now open for the season.
From the Lake Country Calendar
Type of publication: Newspaper

When was the article reported?: 05/29/2014

Publication: Lake Country Calendar

Article Url: [Web Link]

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How widespread was the article reported?: local

News Category: Entertainment

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