Yorkton’s motto is Where Good Things Happen! And as we move through the summer season, visitors continue to stop by the information centre.
The tourism industry is an important economic factor for Yorkton, with $38.1 million spent directly in the Yorkton constituency by visitors to the region.
Due to current Covid-19 restrictions, the visitor information centre was closed to visitors for several months. Tourism Yorkton reopened for curbside service on May 11 and opened to the public on June 8. Respecting and following all hygiene and social distancing guidelines.
June saw 98 visitors to the centre, while July saw 170, for a total of 268 visitors in these two months.
Some notable facts about our visitors from June and July:
Fourty-seven per cent of visitors have been from within Saskatchewan, probably reflective of the incentive to travel within provincial boundaries. Comparatively, in 2019 in June and July visitors from within Saskatchewan were 22 per cent of visitors.
Thirty-eight per cent of our visitors were from neighboring Manitoba and Alberta, meaning the vast majority of Yorkton’s visitors coming from relatively close areas.
A notable 3.7 per cent of our visitors were from Yorkton itself, people coming in looking for local information and activities.
Visitors also had many positive things to say about the city when they came into our Visitor Information Centre:
“Beautiful and friendly.” - P Famoste, Golden Lake, ON
“Thanks for dog treats.J” – Collette, Alberta
“Thanks for being open!” Suzanne, ON
“Beautiful area!” – Jaap, Chilliwack, BC
“Very nice town”- Elizabeth and Ross, Sudbury, ON
“Great Service!!”- Roger, Thunder Bay, ON
