Ottawa Visitors Center

The Ottawa Visitors Center was established to serve the traveling public with information on lodging, attractions, events and tourism amenities. We market Ottawa in partnership with regional tourism organizations, the Illinois Office of Tourism and the Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitors Bureau. Promoting Ottawa and its Botanical Brand to the... leisure traveler outside a fifty mile radius is our main focus. The OVC is funded by the City of Ottawa Hotel Motel Tax and tourism related grants and has been recognized for outstanding achievement in the field of advertising and promotions: 2013 ILLINOIS GOV CONFERENCE ON TOURISM-BEST STATE-WIDE MARKETING CAMPAIGN-OTTAWA PICK US! WALT WILLEY COMMERCIAL 2014 WGN CHANNEL 9 COMMERCIAL GRAMMY NOMINEE-OTTAWA PICK US! WALT WILLEY COMMERCIAL The Ottawa Visitors Center will list all shopping and dining establishments with an Ottawa address on our Website FREE of charge! Hosting an up-coming Event in the Ottawa area? The Ottawa Visitors Center can help promote your event! We will post your event FREE of charge to our on-line events calendar as well as submit it to other tourism web sites( All events must be tourism related. We cannot post fundraisers, advertisements or in house entertainment.) Must also have a 30 day advanced notice of the event and to keep us updated about any type of cancellations of said event. The OVC Board meets online because of Covid. Please contact the OVC for instructions to join. Please visit these partners in tourism:Read More