Canada has always been a bit of a mystery nation, at least to me, not least because of its close proximity of its more illustrious neighbour, the United States of America. Most, if not all of us have learnt at least a little bit about it during our Geography lessons at secondary school. Perhaps I speak don’t speak for all of us, but I think we “forced” ourselves to learn about Canada then just to get that A grade. Yes, I got an A in Geography, and promptly forgot everything about Canada after taking the paper.

I read a little bit about Canadian history just now, and still I can’t get the big picture. About tourism in Canada, I can’t remember seeing any marketing moves on it in this country. Most of its visitors come from its neighbour, the USA, so probably that explains it - it makes better sense to concentrate their efforts on the world’s biggest economy.

Digging a little bit, apparently tourism’s importance to Canadian economy is increasing, but it’s not one of its very top priorities. Having said that, other countries, even as far as China now have sent more visitors than ever before to it, making flights to Canada from the Far East a viable option.

Having said all the above, Canada surely has very interesting places to visit. The very fact that it’s the world’s second largest countries already concocts this idea. And being a history buff, the first Canadaian city I’d visit would surely be Quebec - dubbed the most charming city in North America. This world heritage site has beautifully preserved buildings hundreds of years old. Since it is the only walled, fortified city north of Mexico, it’s a must visit place.

On another matter, I would be able to finally wear my medical id here.

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