Table 5Overnight Travel Between the United States, Canada, and Mexico by Mode of Transportation: 1990, 1995, and 2000
Table 5
Overnight Travel Between the United States, Canada,
and Mexico by Mode of Transportation: 1990, 1995, and 2000
(Millions of trips)
1990 | 1995 | 2000 | Percentage change, 1990-2000 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
OVERNIGHT TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES | |||||||
Canadian residents | 17,262 | 100.0 | 14,663 | 100.0 | 14,648 | 100.0 | -15.1 |
Air | 4,039 | 23.4 | 3,802 | 25.9 | 5,354 | 36.6 | 32.6 |
Land | |||||||
Motor vehicles | 12,770 | 74.0 | 10,338 | 70.5 | 8,694 | 59.4 | -31.9 |
Personal vehicles | 12,164 | 70.5 | 9,686 | 66.1 | 7,966 | 54.4 | -34.5 |
Intercity and charter buses | 606 | 3.5 | 652 | 4.4 | 728 | 5.0 | 20.1 |
Intercity rail | 36 | 0.2 | 34 | 0.2 | 42 | 0.3 | 16.7 |
Other1 | 416 | 2.4 | 489 | 3.3 | 558 | 3.8 | 34.1 |
Mexican residents | 7,040 | 100.0 | 8,189 | 100.0 | 10,604 | 100.0 | 50.6 |
Air | 959 | 13.6 | 796 | 9.7 | 1,456 | 13.7 | 51.8 |
Land | 6,081 | 86.4 | 7,393 | 90.3 | 9,148 | 86.3 | 50.4 |
OVERNIGHT TRAVEL FROM THE UNITED STATES | |||||||
U.S. residents to Canada | 12,252 | 100.0 | 13,005 | 100.0 | 15,225 | 100.0 | 24.3 |
Air | 2,372 | 19.4 | 2,769 | 21.3 | 3,872 | 25.4 | 63.2 |
Land | |||||||
Motor vehicles | 9,103 | 74.3 | 9,451 | 72.7 | 10,256 | 67.4 | 12.7 |
Personal vehicles | 8,381 | 68.4 | 8,702 | 66.9 | 9,458 | 62.1 | 12.9 |
Intercity and charter buses | 722 | 5.9 | 749 | 5.8 | 798 | 5.2 | 10.5 |
Intercity rail | N | N | 72 | 0.6 | 108 | 0.7 | N |
Other1 | 778 | 6.3 | 713 | 5.5 | 989 | 6.5 | 27.1 |
U.S. residents to Mexico | 16,377 | 100.0 | 19,221 | 100.0 | 19,379 | 100.0 | 18.3 |
Air | 3,635 | 22.2 | 4,741 | 24.7 | 6,710 | 34.6 | 84.6 |
Land | 12,742 | 77.8 | 14,480 | 75.3 | 12,669 | 65.4 | -0.6 |
1 Includes boaters, pedestrians and cyclists.
KEY: N = Data are nonexistent.
NOTE: U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico overnight travel data presented in this table are from Canadian and Mexican government agencies. These agencies make adjustments and revisions to their data at the modal level. Because of this, the overall overnight totals in this table will differ from those in table 1. Table 1 data are from the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Tourism Industries, and are not adjusted at the modal level.
SOURCES: Statistics Canada, International Travel: Travel Between Canada and Other Countries (Touriscope),Catalogue No. 66-201-XPB. (Ottawa, Ontario: Various years).
Banco de México, Dirección General de Investigación Económica, Dirección de Medición Económica, 1999 and 2001.