Tourisme Montréal once sold motorists a road to the city. After tourism collapsed, it rebuilt the pitch around residents, winter, culture and measurable local value - a useful playbook for anyone marketing a place they do not control.
The nonprofit does not own a hotel, stage a festival or fly a plane. Its job is harder to see: make thousands of independent Toronto experiences feel like one trip worth taking - then prove the attention became visits, meetings and local spending.