Table 3 Summary indicators

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  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Government revenue attributable to tourism1 (millions of dollars) 15,999 16,783 17,975 18,946 19,714 19,884 19,157
year over year change (percentage) -0.3 4.9 7.1 5.4 4.1 0.9 -3.7
as a share of government revenue in-scope2 (percentage) 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7
per 100 dollars of tourism spending (dollars) 28.91 28.63 28.79 28.68 28.42 27.33 27.56
Government revenue attributable to domestic tourism spending (millions of dollars) 11,153 11,455 12,841 13,920 14,729 15,120 14,852
year over year change (percentage) 5.8 2.7 12.1 8.4 5.8 2.7 -1.8
as a share of government revenue attributable to tourism (percentage) 69.7 68.3 71.4 73.5 74.7 76.0 77.5
per 100 dollars of tourism spending by residents (dollars) 28.15 27.88 28.21 28.16 27.91 26.72 26.81
Government revenue attributable to tourism exports (millions of dollars) 4,846 5,328 5,134 5,026 4,984 4,763 4,304
year over year change (percentage) -11.9 9.9 -3.6 -2.1 -0.8 -4.4 -9.6
as a share of government revenue attributable to tourism (percentage) 30.3 31.7 28.6 26.5 25.3 24.0 22.5
per 100 dollars of tourism spending by non-residents (dollars) 30.84 30.38 30.36 30.25 30.02 29.45 30.51
Total tourism spending in Canada (millions of dollars) 55,339 58,629 62,427 66,052 69,373 72,757 69,516
year over year change (percentage) -2.2 5.9 6.5 5.8 5.0 4.9 -4.5
share of total attributable to non-residents (percentage) 28.4 29.9 27.1 25.2 23.9 22.2 20.3
Tourism gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices (millions of dollars) 22,571 23,906 25,216 26,548 27,808 28,953 27,746
year over year change (percentage) -3.2 5.9 5.5 5.3 4.7 4.1 -4.2
as a share of total GDP at basic prices (percentage) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9
Tourism employment (thousands of jobs) 602 611 607 608 614 620 617
year over year change (percentage) -1.4 1.4 -0.6 0.2 0.9 1.0 -0.5
as a share of total employment (percentage) 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6
Notes:
1. Represents revenue in-scope that is directly attributable to tourism.
2. Represents the sources of revenue in-scope for the study (about 86 % of total government revenue from all sources).
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