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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.
In the other direction, 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.
Note: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised back to January 2008. Revisions have been made to some unadjusted series for each month of the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.
Available on CANSIM: tables 427-0001 to 427-0006.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5005.
The July 2009 issue of International Travel, Advance Information, Vol. 25, no. 7 (66-001-P, free), is now available from the Publications module of our website.
For more information, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-800-307-3382; 613-951-9169; fax: 613-951-2909; tourism@statcan.gc.ca). To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Eric Desjardins (613-951-1781; eric.desjardins@statcan.gc.ca), Tourism and Centre for Education Statistics Division.
Table 1
| July 2008r | January 2009r | June 2009r | July 2009p | June to July 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonally adjusted | |||||
| thousands | % change1 | ||||
| Canadian trips abroad2 | 4,355 | 3,802 | 3,642 | 3,729 | 2.4 |
| To the United States | 3,669 | 3,113 | 2,980 | 3,050 | 2.3 |
| To other countries | 686 | 690 | 662 | 679 | 2.5 |
| Same-day car trips to the United States | 2,055 | 1,648 | 1,533 | 1,580 | 3.1 |
| Total trips, one or more nights | 2,242 | 2,115 | 2,076 | 2,114 | 1.8 |
| United States3 | 1,556 | 1,426 | 1,414 | 1,436 | 1.5 |
| Car | 927 | 844 | 853 | 860 | 0.8 |
| Plane | 530 | 493 | 474 | 489 | 3.1 |
| Other modes of transportation | 100 | 88 | 87 | 87 | -0.3 |
| Other countries4 | 686 | 690 | 662 | 679 | 2.5 |
| Travel to Canada2 | 2,273 | 2,183 | 1,881 | 1,959 | 4.1 |
| From the United States | 1,865 | 1,799 | 1,543 | 1,619 | 4.9 |
| From other countries | 408 | 384 | 337 | 340 | 0.8 |
| Same-day car trips from the United States | 766 | 706 | 539 | 579 | 7.5 |
| Total trips, one or more nights | 1,411 | 1,378 | 1,249 | 1,296 | 3.8 |
| United States3 | 1,013 | 1,004 | 919 | 964 | 4.9 |
| Car | 600 | 604 | 546 | 574 | 5.1 |
| Plane | 288 | 283 | 263 | 277 | 5.3 |
| Other modes of transportation | 125 | 118 | 110 | 114 | 3.2 |
| Other countries4 | 398 | 374 | 330 | 332 | 0.6 |
| Travel to Canada: Top overseas markets, by country of origin5 | |||||
| United Kingdom | 75 | 68 | 58 | 52 | -11.0 |
| France | 38 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 1.6 |
| Germany | 27 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 4.9 |
| Australia | 21 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 11.8 |
| Japan | 26 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 32.4 |
| Mexico | 23 | 22 | 16 | 13 | -19.4 |
| China | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | -4.1 |
| South Korea | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 0.7 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 14.4 |
| India | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | -2.3 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | -0.3 |
| Italy | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10.6 |
