ByWard Market visits on the rise, still short of pre-pandemic levels: report

📆 6/27/2024 7:35 PM
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Dreessen spent a lot of time in Ottawa's ByWard Market, seen in this undated photo, when he worked as a chef. In 2020, he proposed a car-free plan to rejuvenate it as a tourist destination.

Last year saw approximately 18.6 million individual visits made to the downtown Ottawa tourism and nightlife hotspot, according to the annual report from the ByWard Market District Market Authority.Posted: Jun 27, 2024 9:21 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

Last year saw approximately 18.6 million individual visits to the downtown Ottawa tourism and nightlife hotspot, according to the annual report from the ByWard Market District Market Authority. "We are building back," said Zachary Dayler, the authority's executive director, in a presentation Tuesday to Ottawa city council.Tuesday's annual report was the first issued by the authority, whichfollowing the dissolution of both the ByWard Market BIA and Ottawa Markets, the previous municipal corporation that oversaw the area.

The "safety and security perception" is one of the big obstacles to getting foot traffic in the ByWard Market back to pre-COVID levels, Dayler said.

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