Table 3.5 ,,,,,,,,,,,,
U.S.-Canada/Canada-U.S. Travel by Trip Purpose: 2000–2004 ,,,,,,,,,,,,
(Thousands of visits) ,,,,,,,,,,,,
,2000,,2001,,2002,,2003,,2004,,"Percentage change, 2003–2004","Percent change, 2000–2004"
,Number,Percent,Number,Percent,Number,Percent,Number,Percent,Number,Percent,,
CANADIAN RESIDENT TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES ,,,,,,,,,,,,
Overnight travel,"14,648",100.0,"13,527",100.0,"13,025",100.0,"12,666",100.0,"13,856",100.0,9.4,–5.4 
Pleasure/tourism ,"7,752",52.9,"7,481",55.3,"6,846",52.6,"6,785",53.6,"7,634",55.1,12.5,–1.5 
Business ,"2,739",18.7,"2,073",15.3,"2,028",15.6,"1,963",15.4,"1,985",14.3,1.1,–27.5 
Visit family and friends,"2,881",19.7,"2,774",20.5,"2,950",22.6,"2,756",21.8,"2,975",21.5,7.9,3.3
Other1,"1,276",8.7,"1,199",8.9,"1,200",9.2,"1,162",9.2,"1,263",9.1,8.7,–1.0 
Same-day travel,"28,000",100.0,"24,841",100.0,"21,534",100.0,"21,486",100.0,"22,191",100.0,3.3,–20.7 
Pleasure/tourism ,"14,066",50.2,"12,287",49.4,"10,420",48.4,"10,311",48.0,"10,699",48.2,3.8,–23.9 
Business ,"1,848",6.6,"1,584",6.4,"1,414",6.6,"1,403",6.5,"1,415",6.4,0.9,–23.4 
Visit family and friends ,"2,971",10.6,"2,675",10.8,"2,382",11.0,"2,352",11.0,"2,288",10.3,–2.7 ,–23.0 
Other1,"9,134",32.6,"8,294",33.4,"7,317",34.0,"7,420",34.5,"7,789",35.1,5.0,–14.7 
U.S. RESIDENT TRAVEL TO CANADA ,,,,,,,,,,,,
Overnight travel,"15,225",100.0,"15,570",100.0,"16,168",100.0,"14,232",100.0,"15,088",100.0,6.0,–0.9 
Pleasure/tourism ,"8,534",56.1,"9,176",58.9,"9,689",59.9,"8,314",58.4,"8,806",58.4,5.9,3.2
Business ,"2,363",15.5,"1,921",12.3,"1,955",12.1,"1,708",12.0,"1,990",13.2,16.5,–15.8 
Visit family and friends ,"2,832",18.6,"3,007",19.3,"3,044",18.8,"2,813",19.8,"2,787",18.5,–0.9 ,–1.6 
Other1,"1,496",9.8,"1,467",9.5,"1,479",9.2,"1,396",9.8,"1,504",10.0,7.7,0.5
Same-day travel,"28,805",100.0,"27,301",100.0,"24,710",100.0,"21,278",100.0,"19,539",100.0,–8.2 ,–32.2 
Pleasure/tourism ,"13,784",47.9,"13,373",48.9,"12,083",48.9,"10,327",48.5,"9,199",47.1,–10.9 ,–33.3 
Business ,"1,425",5.0,"1,253",4.6,"1,103",4.5,973,4.6,872,4.5,–10.4 ,–38.8 
Visit family and friends ,"3,781",13.1,"3,543",13.0,"3,068",12.4,"2,727",12.8,"2,605",13.3,–4.5 ,–31.1 
Other1,"9,779",34.0,"9,132",33.5,"8,456",34.2,"7,250",34.1,"6,863",35.1,–5.3 ,–29.8 
"1 Includes personal, in transit, shopping, educational study, and other. ",,,,,,,,,,,,
"NOTES: In 2002 Canada implemented several changes in the International Travel Survey concerning estimates on the characteristics of international travellers and trips. Therefore, comparasions between pre-2002 and post-2002 data may not be possible. ",,,,,,,,,,,,
"SOURCE: Statistics Canada, International Travel: Travel Between Canada and Other Countries (Touriscope), Catalogue No.66-201-XIE (Ottawa, Ontario: Various years); and Statistics Canada, special tabulations, October 2005. ",,,,,,,,,,,,