The season had plenty of celebrities in town, but one federal policy added fuel to the surge.

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The summer of 2025 was a record-setting season for tourism in Ottawa, thanks to an influx of Royal watchers , IronMan athletes and roadtrippers from Quebec. Article content

New numbers from Ottawa Tourism showed the demand for hotel rooms in the Ottawa area between May and August was up about five per cent compared to the same period in 2024, a jump that demonstrated the sector’s ongoing recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. Article content Article content

Driving the spike was the region’s usual back-to-back schedule of annual festivals, from the Canadian Tulip Festival in May to the Gatineau Hot-Air Balloon Festival on Labour Day weekend, along with a host of ne

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