United Kingdom is Canada's largest source of overseas tourists
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The United Kingdom is Canada's largest overseas market for tourism. Its residents made 661,000 overnight trips to Canada in 2010, accounting for 1 in 6 tourists from overseas countries.
Among the top 12 overseas markets in 2010, Mexico posted the largest decline from 2009—a 28.1% drop. This is the second significant decrease in travel from Mexico in as many years. In 2010, Mexicans made 116,000 trips to Canada, less than half the 257,000 trips they made in 2008.
A number of Asian countries among the top 12 overseas markets recorded increases in 2010. China led the way with a 21.2% increase in overnight trips, followed by South Korea (19.9%), Japan (19.5%) and India (18.9%).
The top four overseas markets to Canada in 2010 were the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan respectively.
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