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TRANSPORTATION
AND TOURISM
Total tourismNote 1
spending in Canada in 1998 amounted to $47.1 billion
of which $18.5 billion, or 39 per cent, was accounted for
by expenditures on transportation.
Travel within, to and from Canada generally increased in 1999
as the Canadian dollar appreciated slightly and as the performance
of the Canadian economy improved. Domestic travel by Canadians,
after increasing in 1998, also rose in the first three quarters
of 1999. Canadians made more trips overseas, as well as overnight
trips to the US in 1999, but made fewer same-day trips to
the US.
In 1999, the number of visitors from the US to Canada increased,
although at a slower pace than in 1998. More overseas visitors
came to Canada in 1999; this included a recovery in the number
of visitors from the Asia-Pacific region. Increased spending by
foreign tourists in Canada meant that Canada's travel account
deficit fell to $1.9 billion in 1999, its lowest level since
1987.
Total tourism spending in Canada in 1998 amounted to $47.1
billion, of which $18.5 billion, or 39 per cent, were expenditures
on transportation. Of total tourism spending in Canada, $32.9
billion, or 70 per cent was spent by Canadians, and $14.2 billion,
or 30 per cent, was spent by foreign visitors.
NOTES
1
Tourism refers to people travelling to and staying in places outside
their usual environment. These trips are for leisure, business
and other purposes and do not last longer than one year. For Canadians
within Canada, for a trip to be considered as tourist travel,
it must be at least 80 kilometres from the traveller's place of
residence. International travel refers to travel to or from Canada.
This definition of tourism -- a much broader than the common definition,
which includes only leisure travel, often only to major destinations
-- is used by the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Statistics
Canada and the Canadian Tourism Commission.
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