Table 9-5a Canada-Mexico/Mexico-Canada Travela Characteristics: 1996
Table 9-5a
Canada-Mexico/Mexico-Canada Travela Characteristics: 1996
(Thousands of visitors)
Pleasure/ tourism |
Business | Visit family and friends | Otherb | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canadian source data | |||||
Canadian resident overnight travel to Mexico | |||||
Trip quarter | 386 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 438 |
1st quarter of the year | 235 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 247 |
2nd quarter of the year | 45 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 54 |
3rd quarter of the year | 27 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
4th quarter of the year | 79 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 89 |
Trip duration | 386 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 438 |
One-three nights | 17 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
Four-thirteen nights | 234 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 259 |
More than 14 nights | 136 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 144 |
Age and gender of visitor | 386 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 438 |
Males, total | 165 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 192 |
Ages 14 and under | 7 | NS | NS | NS | 7 |
Ages 15-34 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
Ages 35-64 | 90 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 108 |
Ages 65+ | 18 | NS | NS | 1 | 19 |
Females, total | 212 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 236 |
Ages 14 and under | 9 | 1 | NS | 0 | 10 |
Ages 15-34 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 80 |
Ages 35-64 | 113 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 127 |
Ages 65+ | 16 | 1 | NS | 2 | 19 |
Gender not stated, total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Mexican resident overnight travel to Canada | |||||
Trip quarter | 46 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 81 |
1st quarter of the year | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
2nd quarter of the year | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
3rd quarter of the year | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 36 |
4th quarter of the year | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
Trip duration | 46 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 81 |
One-three nights | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
Four-thirteen nights | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 49 |
More than 14 nights | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
Age and gender of visitor | 46 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 81 |
Males, total | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 40 |
Ages 14 and under | 1 | NS | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Ages 15-34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
Ages 35-64 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
Ages 65+ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Females, total | 22 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 34 |
Ages 14 and under | 1 | 0 | NS | 0 | 1 |
Ages 15-34 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
Ages 35-64 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
Ages 65+ | NS | NS | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gender not stated, total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
aTravel here refers to trips of one or more nights.
b Other trip purposes include personal, in transit, shopping, educational study and other.
KEY: N = Data are nonexistent. NS = Not significant.
SOURCES
Canada
Statistics Canada. International Travel, Travel between Canada and other countries (Touriscope), Catalogue 66-201-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Statistics Canada. Special tabulations. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Mexico
Mexican data was unavailable.