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Table 3.5
U.S.-Canada/Canada-U.S.
Travel by Trip Purpose: 2000–2004
(Thousands
of visits)
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| CANADIAN
RESIDENT TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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