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Table 1
International trips to Canada
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| May | January to May | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | Change 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | Change 2009 | |
| number | percent | number | percent | |||
| Trips by non-residents 1 | 2,460,246 | 2,344,317 | -4.7 | 8,512,276 | 8,164,987 | -4.1 |
| United States residents | 2,004,245 | 1,973,221 | -1.5 | 7,073,070 | 6,876,302 | -2.8 |
| Automobile | 1,432,721 | 1,444,893 | 0.8 | 5,313,275 | 5,254,226 | -1.1 |
| Same day | 797,922 | 793,904 | -0.5 | 3,290,322 | 3,193,262 | -2.9 |
| One or more nights | 634,799 | 650,989 | 2.6 | 2,022,953 | 2,060,964 | 1.9 |
| Plane | 335,088 | 284,979 | -15.0 | 1,246,041 | 1,096,711 | -12.0 |
| Bus | 83,052 | 75,810 | -8.7 | 276,927 | 286,072 | 3.3 |
| Train, boat and other methods | 153,384 | 167,539 | 9.2 | 236,827 | 239,293 | 1.0 |
| All other countries residents | 456,001 | 371,096 | -18.6 | 1,439,206 | 1,288,685 | -10.5 |
| Direct | 301,547 | 240,539 | -20.2 | 1,000,731 | 873,389 | -12.7 |
| Via the United States 2 | 154,454 | 130,557 | -15.5 | 438,475 | 415,296 | -5.3 |
| Trips by residents of Canada 1 | 4,511,167 | 3,995,488 | -11.4 | 21,855,070 | 19,455,197 | -11.0 |
| Returning from the United States | 3,906,890 | 3,422,532 | -12.4 | 17,736,872 | 15,192,845 | -14.3 |
| Automobile | 3,155,291 | 2,761,448 | -12.5 | 13,877,375 | 11,732,884 | -15.5 |
| Same day | 2,232,696 | 1,865,652 | -16.4 | 9,750,762 | 7,926,686 | -18.7 |
| One or more nights | 922,595 | 895,796 | -2.9 | 4,126,613 | 3,806,198 | -7.8 |
| Plane | 547,322 | 483,152 | -11.7 | 3,194,241 | 2,906,772 | -9.0 |
| Bus | 136,420 | 105,953 | -22.3 | 516,323 | 413,418 | -19.9 |
| Train, boat and other methods | 67,857 | 71,979 | 6.1 | 148,933 | 139,771 | -6.2 |
| Returning from all other countries | 604,277 | 572,956 | -5.2 | 4,118,198 | 4,262,352 | 3.5 |
| Direct | 525,870 | 499,424 | -5.0 | 3,541,031 | 3,680,247 | 3.9 |
| Via the United States 2 | 78,407 | 73,532 | -6.2 | 577,167 | 582,105 | 0.9 |
| Total 1 | 6,971,413 | 6,339,805 | -9.1 | 30,367,346 | 27,620,184 | -9.0 |
