KAMLOOPS, B.C. — British Columbia’s tourism industry is taking a hit with businesses reporting rising cancellations and decreased traffic over fears of wildfires. Maya Lange with Destinations BC, the province’s tourism planning and marketing corporation, says preliminary results from a survey of businesses in the Kootenay-Rockies region found that 32 per cent are anticipating losses due to perceptions of the fires. She says one business in the region alone reported it has lost $100,000 due to cancellations. The BC Wildfire Service says there have been 1,154 fires sparked since April 1 burning more than 1,060 square kilometres of land, and there is no sign of fire activity slowing down soon.

Source: National Post August 30, 2017 21:56 UTC