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Tourism is the fifth-largest industry in Quebec. Some 29,000 companies are involved in the industry, generating 130,000 direct and 48,000 indirect jobs . [ 1 ] In 2006, Quebec welcomed 3.2 million foreign tourists, most of them from the United States , France , the United Kingdom , Germany , Mexico and Japan .
Alberta is a province in Canada's western prairies next to the Rocky Mountains. Its two major cities are Calgary and Edmonton, the province's capital. Edmonton is well known for West Edmonton Mall, the largest shopping mall in North America, formerly the largest in the world. Edmonton is also known as Canada's festival city, with over 60 ...
The Ministry of Tourism (in French: Ministère du Tourisme) is a Ministry of the Government of Quebec responsible for promoting tourism to the province of Quebec. The current minister is Caroline Proulx .
Quebec has a number of regions that go by historical and traditional names. Often, they have similar but distinct French and English names. Abitibi; Lower Saint Lawrence (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Beauce (within Chaudière-Appalaches) Bois-Francs (within Centre-du-Québec) Charlevoix (eastern part of the Capitale-Nationale administrative region ...
Tourism is an important industry in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The city welcomed 10.2 million overnight visitors in 2016 [1] and 11,792,970 day trip visitors in 2010. [2] Montreal attracted 1,770,939 international overnight visitors in 2010, [2] most of them from the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico and Japan.
Quebec is the second most important province for tourism in Canada, receiving 21.5% of tourists' spending (2021). [284] The industry provides employment to over 400,000 people. [ 285 ] These employees work in the more than 29,000 tourism-related businesses in Quebec, most of which are restaurants or hotels. 70% of tourism-related businesses are ...
Quebec is looking internationally for support as it struggles to battle more than 160 forest fires during what federal officials say is shaping up to be among Canada's worst fire seasons ever.
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