Ontario is boosting support for tourism in Ottawa to help attract more visitors, investment and economic activity.
Ontario is providing $13,299,000million over the next two years to help tourism partners develop a new regional tourism organization and enhance destination marketing and management. This new regional tourism organization, which will serve Ottawa and Prescott and Russell will help the tourism industry across the region continue to grow and support local jobs and businesses.
Investing in tourism supports the province’s new Open Ontario Plan to strengthen our economy and create new opportunities for jobs and growth.
QUOTES
"Our government is helping tourism partners seize new opportunities to grow tourism here in Ottawa and across the region. This will help spur increased economic activity, investments, and development in our community which means more support for local jobs and businesses."
- Bob Chiarelli, MPP Ottawa West-Nepean
"Ontario’s new tourism regions will make our tourism industry stronger and more competitive.
- Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism and Culture
We want to ensure we remain a competitive destination. This funding will help support that goal. With this investment we’ll be able to continue our work to advance tourism growth and development in the region.
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Noel Buckley, President and CEO, Ottawa Tourism
QUICK FACTS
Ontario’s new tourism regions build on key recommendations from Discovering Ontario: a report on the future of tourism.
Tourism is a major economic driver for the province. In 2008, tourism spending was $23 billion and over 300,000 people were directly or indirectly employed by the tourism industry.
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Ontario’s 13 tourism regions