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Though most Canadians travel within the country for pleasure, 11% travelled for business purposes in 2004. Business trips within Canada have declined steadily since 2000, reaching a low of 19.6 million in 2003. Travel for business saw a modest 1% increase in 2004. What business travellers lack in trip numbers, however, they make up in spending. The amount spent by business travellers—$7.8 billion—accounted for more than one-quarter of the total travel spending by Canadians in Canada.
A profile of the typical Canadian business traveller within Canada emerges from their activities (all data 2002):
- Most business travellers are men (71%) and the majority (58%) are aged 35 to 54 and have some postsecondary education.
- Same-day trips account for more than half the business trips by Canadians within Canada.
- More than 75% of overnight business travel is for trips of three nights or less.
- Business travellers tend to travel by air and stay in hotels and motels; they also travel alone 80% of the time.
- Spending for overnight business trips averages $713, almost three times as much as average spending on other types of overnight trips.
International business travel to Canada has
suffered due to a number of factors, including the terrorist attacks
of
September 11, 2001 and the 2003 SARS scare. In 2000/2001,
business travel from the United States to Canada dropped
11%. There was a small decrease of 4% the following year, but by
2002/2003, business trips fell another 12% before a slight recovery
in 2003/2004.
