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Table 5
Person-trips by international travellers entering or returning to Canada, by duration

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Person-trips by international travellers entering or returning to Canada, by duration
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
     thousands
Non-resident travellers  
Same day 29,236 29,689 29,083 27,566 24,932 21,483 19,814 17,548 15,262 12,605
United States 28,965 29,450 28,805 27,301 24,710 21,278 19,539 17,265 15,017 12,323
Other countries 271 239 278 265 222 205 275 283 245 282
One or more nights 18,828 19,367 19,555 19,581 19,964 17,420 19,031 18,612 18,128 17,768
United States 14,893 15,180 15,188 15,570 16,168 14,232 15,088 14,390 13,856 13,371
Other countries 3,935 4,187 4,366 4,010 3,796 3,188 3,944 4,222 4,272 4,397
All trips 48,064 49,055 48,638 47,147 44,896 38,903 38,845 36,160 33,390 30,373
United States 43,857 44,630 43,994 42,871 40,878 35,509 34,626 31,655 28,873 25,695
Other countries 4,207 4,425 4,644 4,275 4,018 3,393 4,219 4,505 4,518 4,679
Resident travellers  
Same day 29,337 28,081 28,000 24,841 21,534 21,486 22,191 22,940 24,181 24,881
United States 29,337 28,081 28,000 24,841 21,534 21,486 22,191 22,932 24,181 24,881
Other countries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F 0 0
One or more nights 17,648 18,368 19,182 18,359 17,705 17,739 19,595 21,091 22,731 25,163
United States 13,430 14,116 14,666 13,527 13,025 12,666 13,856 14,862 15,992 17,759
Other countries 4,218 4,252 4,516 4,832 4,680 5,074 5,739 6,229 6,739 7,404
All trips 46,985 46,448 47,182 43,201 39,239 39,225 41,786 44,031 46,912 50,045
United States 42,768 42,196 42,666 38,368 34,559 34,151 36,047 37,794 40,173 42,641
Other countries 4,218 4,252 4,516 4,832 4,680 5,074 5,739 6,237 6,739 7,404
Other travellers 8,515 9,109 9,426 9,131 9,119 8,924 9,194 9,119 8,818 8,685
Non-resident crews 3,168 3,324 3,356 3,149 3,166 3,157 3,164 3,147 3,081 3,143
Resident crews 5,029 5,475 5,720 5,634 5,626 5,481 5,708 5,658 5,450 5,274
Other 1 318 309 350 348 327 286 323 314 287 268
Grand total 103,564 104,613 105,246 99,478 93,254 87,052 89,825 89,310 89,121 89,103