Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Tourist Numbers Up this Summer

A mainly warm summer translated to increase visitor numbers
in Kenora.

Tourism Kenora says they saw over 20 thousand people pass through their doors at the Discovery Center and the Thistle Pavillion.

Acting Tourism Services Manager, Mark Duggan says this is the second year they have been able to track visitor numbers for a full summer at the Discovery Center.

While more people visited the Discovery Center, the biggest increase in visitor traffic was seen at the Thistle Pavillion, with more than 15 hundred more tourists this year than last year.