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Originally Posted by roger1818
I am not sure that Ottawa would be all that attractive a gateway. Most tourists (if they are visiting Ontario/Quebec) would rather fly into Montreal and out of Toronto (or vice versa) and visit Ottawa on their way through rather than do a circle.
Also, cities are not a big focus on Europeans visiting Canada. They are more interested in seeing nature. For that Western Canada is much more attractive an option, making YYC and YVR much better options than YYZ, YUL and YOW.
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Smaller cities can actually be tourist and cultural hubs. It's not uncommon elsewhere. However, the very thing needed to facilitate this, is usually derided on this very thread: good intercity rail.
Nobody is going to use Ottawa as the gateway to the region unless they can easily get on a train and go to Montreal or even all the way down to Niagara Falls.
We could at least attract some European discount carriers here, as an alternative to Montreal, if we had better connections to Montreal itself.