Canada. Overseas Travel on the Rise

Canadian residents took 3.0 million trips to the United States in July, up 2.3% from June.

Overnight trips to the United States advanced 1.5% to 1.4 million, with increased travel by car (+0.8%) and plane (+3.1%). Same-day car travel to the United States reached 1.6 million trips, up 3.1% from June.

Travel by Canadians to overseas destinations increased 2.5% to 679,000 trips in July.Travel from the United States to Canada reached 1.6 million trips in July, up 4.9% from June, when the lowest level on record had been reached.

United States travellers made 964,000 overnight trips to Canada in July, also up 4.9% from June. This was the result of increased travel by car (+5.1%) and plane (+5.3%). Americans made 579,000 same-day car trips to Canada, up 7.5% from the previous month.

Travel from overseas countries increased 0.8% to 340,000 trips in July. Travel from Japan, which had fallen significantly in May (-33.5%), rebounded strongly in July (+32.4%). Travel from the United Kingdom, Canada's most important overseas market, fell 11.0% to 52,000 trips, the lowest level since May 2003.

In July, travel from Mexico fell 19.4% from June and 36.2% from the beginning of the year. As of July 16, Mexican travellers are required to present visas when entering Canada.

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