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Lady Dive Tours and Ottawa Boat Cruise team up to offer better deals to tourists

Two well-known Ottawa tour companies have partnered to cut costs for customers in what they describe as a slower-than-expected tourism season.

Local tourism operator parks his idea of winter bus tours due to unreliable weather

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The Tavern on the Falls patio has been busy despite Ottawa's extreme heat warnings. Photo by Tavern on the Falls.

How hot is too hot? Tourism, restaurant operators say they’ll take the heat over the alternatives

Ottawa, Tourism

As Ottawa comes to the end of a week of extreme temperatures, some local business owners say the heat is better than many of the

As Chinese tourists to the nation’s capital dwindle, Ottawa Tourism shifts its focus to other markets

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While domestic and transborder tourism to Ottawa is likely to recover from pandemic lows this year, international travel may continue to lag. According to local

Tourism may not recover for another two years, foot traffic ‘still missing,’ officials say

Ottawa, Tourism

While tourism officials in Ottawa point to some positives for the summer season, they say the industry may not fully recover to pre-pandemic levels until

End of federal strike action good for some businesses, not so good for others

Ottawa

At least one business owner is breathing a sigh of relief after the federal government reached a tentative agreement with the Public Service Alliance of

One tourist company struggles to stay afloat in the midst of downtown job action

Ottawa, Tourism

A week into the federal public service strike, the owner of a small tourism company on Sparks Street says the picketing currently underway downtown will

We asked businesses: What does the future hold for Winterlude in a world without ice?

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The mild weather of this year’s Winterlude celebrations is pushing local businesses that depend on the winter festival to consider what a future of warmer

Winterlude wonderland at ByWard Market’s The Grand Ice Bar

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One could argue Ottawa residents got more than enough exposure to patios during COVID-19, but The Grand Ice Bar is unique. And with temperatures hovering

Cobblestone Tours offers new way to cruise capital in winter — minus the frostbite

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Leave it to a former paramedic to help resuscitate the local tourism sector. Étienne LeBlanc-Cameron, together with business partner Léon Dufour Harris, is launching a