
	Tourism Snapshot for August now available
	November 5, 2007

	The Canadian Tourism Commission's regular monthly Tourism Snaphot has been released, showing a 1.9% rebound in visitation from the US, driven by a 3.4% increase in automobile trips. Canada's key overseas markets also increased at 1.9%, and Canadian occupancy rates were up 1.3% to reach 75.7% in August. Trips to Canada from non-US markets have increased for the fourth consecutive year to reach 3.2 million trips (January to August), accounting for 24.7% of total international trips to Canada. The Tourism Snapshot is available at http://www.corporate.canada.travel/en/ca/research_statistics/index.html

	Author: TOURISM staff Organization: Canadian Tourism Commission E-mail: tourism@ctc-cct.ca

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