Kalispell witnessing declining visitors, launches Canadian tourism initiative

The city of Kalispell, Montana says they have seen a significant decline in tourism and business in the past year due to the lack of Canadians crossing the border and visiting the region.

Discover Kalispell, the city’s marketing and tourist agency recently introduced a Canadian Welcome Pass with a list of discounts and deals to some of the city’s businesses and attractions for Canadian travelers.

The pass meant to attract Canadian visitors to the region once more, comes at a time when the city is witnessing a decline in general tourism, including domestically according to Discover Kalispell.

Landon Hickok

Landon is a recent graduate of the Radio and Television program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in Edmonton. He previously obtained a diploma for Christian Ministries at Home Church Bible College in Red Deer, Alberta. For years since, he worked on church media with Home Church and later with City Life church in Leduc, Alberta, working on event live-streams and video productions. At NAIT, he was part of the student-run NAIT NewsWatch news program. He led topics ranging from school athletics to local news and international headlines such as the October 7 attack in Israel in 2023. Outside of news, he spent internships in Edmonton sports with the Oilers of the NHL and the Stingers of the CEBL. Now in Lethbridge, he’s here to produce stories to help inform all and to honour Jesus Christ with his work.

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