2 TRANSPORTATION AND THE ECONOMY

Tourism

In 2001, tourism expenditures in Canada were $51.7 billion, down 0.2 per cent from 2000. Tourism expenditures on transportation were down 4.3 per cent to $19.7 billion, due to an 8.1 per cent drop in expenditures on air travel. This decline continued in the first nine months of 2002, as total tourism expenditures were $38.1 billion, 3.2 per cent less than in the first nine months of 2001.

Domestic travel³ fell in 2001, as 144.2 million trips were taken in Canada, down 11 per cent from the 162.2 million trips taken in 2000. All types of domestic travel, interprovincial and intraprovincial as well as both same day and overnight, fell. Domestic travel by all modes also fell, except for a 28 per cent increase in same-day travel by rail.

As Table 2-5 shows, international travel, both to and from Canada, dropped in 2002 by 6.9 per cent. Trips by Canadians to the United States fell 9.9 per cent, although overnight trips rose 1.3 per cent. Trips by non-residents to Canada fell six per cent, although overnight trips by Americans rose 7.3 per cent. (For more details on tourist travel, see tables A2-10 to A2-20 in the Addendum.)

Source: Statistics Canada, Cat. 66-001

³ Domestic travel refers to trips at least 80 kilometres from a traveller’s usual place of residence, excluding trips to or from work or school. Back to text

Canadian Economic Performance

Urbanization and Travel to Work

International Trade and Trade Flows

Tourism

Employment

Energy Consumption

Productivity and Price Performance of Transport

Importance of Transportation to the Canadian Economy