La Machine beasts, Canada 150 help boost Ottawa tourism by 8.8% in 2017

It’s probably no surprise, but Canada 150 brought the greatest number of tourists to Ottawa on record — more than 11 million of them.
That’s an increase of 8.8 per cent over the previous year.
The visitors left more than $2.3 billion behind them when they went home, an increase of about 10 per cent.
Increases were strong among Canadians (who are the biggest group of visitors each year), Americans, and overseas visitors.
Facebook and Twitter traffic were also up.
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