Tourism. American Travel to Canada Down

Visitors from the United States made 5.2 million overnight trips to Canada during the third quarter of 2008, the lowest third-quarter level since records were first kept in 1972.

Overnight travel to Canada from the United States fell 6.9% compared with the third quarter of 2007, while overnight travel to the United States from Canada rose 4.6%.

American travel to Canada was down on almost every front. Travel by car accounted for 60.0% of all overnight trips, but the number of trips fell 8.8% to 3.1 million.

Pleasure travel from the United States was down 7.6%, while the number of trips to Canada to visit friends and relatives declined 8.4%. However, business travel was up 0.5%.

Third-quarter travel was down from all top 10 states of origin, including the two most important: New York State (-8.4%) and Michigan (-8.1%).

American residents spent $2.8 billion in Canada, down 8.4% from the third quarter of 2007.

Canadian travel to the United States on the rise

Canadian residents took 6.1 million overnight trips to the United States, up 4.6% from the third quarter of 2007.

Pleasure trips, which accounted for 63.2% of overnight Canadian travel to the United States, rose 5.6%, while overnight trips by Canadian residents to visit friends and relatives rose 2.6%. However, the number of business trips declined 8.5%.

Overnight car travel increased 5.8% from the third quarter of 2007 to 4.3 million trips, accounting for 70.6% of overnight trips.

Spending by Canadians in the United States rose 5.6% to nearly $3.0 billion.

Increase in overseas travel to and from Canada

Travel to Canada from countries other than the United States rose 1.1%, as residents of overseas countries made 1.8 million overnight trips to Canada during the third quarter.

Overall, travellers from overseas spent $2.3 billion on overnight trips in Canada, down 2.6% from the third quarter of 2007.

During the third quarter of 2008, Canadians made 1.8 million overnight trips to overseas destinations, up 7.2% from the third quarter of 2007.

They spent nearly $3.0 billion on these overnight trips, a 3.6% increase.

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