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Table 6
Person-trips by United States residents entering Canada, by type of transportation

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Person-trips by United States residents entering Canada, by type of transportation
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
    thousands
First quarter  
Same day – Total 5,600 5,597 5,727 5,910 4,986 4,486 3,991 3,520 3,180 2,451
One or more nights 1,804 2,008 2,099 2,220 2,294 2,140 2,064 2,100 1,910 1,790
Automobile 1,071 1,165 1,247 1,331 1,483 1,354 1,271 1,239 1,131 1,037
Plane 577 668 680 699 658 640 649 710 654 641
Bus 96 109 114 122 99 93 91 104 84 72
Other types 1 60 67 58 69 54 53 54 48 41 40
Grand total 7,404 7,605 7,825 8,130 7,280 6,626 6,055 5,620 5,090 4,240
Second quarter  
Same day – Total                        7,198                         7,724                         7,490                         7,699                         6,429                         5,273                         5,074                         4,547                         3,992                         3,333 
One or more nights 3,850 3,885 4,009 4,252 4,156 3,418 3,851 3,723 3,706 3,592
Automobile 2,367 2,421 2,441 2,577 2,672 2,160 2,405 2,248 2,172 2,093
Plane 958 962 1,009 1,074 985 850 1,002 1,026 1,075 1,030
Bus 242 252 237 227 196 129 133 156 140 144
Other types 1 283 250 322 374 303 279 311 294 318 325
Grand total 11,047 11,609 11,500 11,951 10,585 8,691 8,925 8,270 7,698 6,925
Third quarter  
Same day – Total 9,448 9,614 9,352 8,892 7,819 6,819 6,288 5,565 4,774 4,125
One or more nights 6,566 6,631 6,464 6,555 6,920 6,050 6,517 6,100 5,780 5,601
Automobile 4,368 4,432 4,204 4,374 4,656 3,948 4,121 3,824 3,558 3,432
Plane 1,265 1,303 1,319 1,279 1,350 1,232 1,432 1,360 1,337 1,314
Bus 307 309 312 255 260 170 170 193 169 155
Other types 1 626 587 629 647 654 700 793 723 716 701
Grand total 16,014 16,245 15,815 15,446 14,739 12,869 12,805 11,665 10,555 9,726
Fourth quarter  
Same day – Total 6,719 6,515 6,237 4,801 5,475 4,699 4,185 3,633 3,071 2,414
One or more nights 2,673 2,655 2,617 2,543 2,799 2,624 2,656 2,466 2,459 2,389
Automobile 1,596 1,591 1,565 1,608 1,797 1,657 1,612 1,464 1,457 1,400
Plane 823 827 828 730 798 780 849 819 815 792
Bus 159 140 134 104 105 84 105 93 83 90
Other types 1 95 97 89 101 99 103 90 90 104 107
Grand total 9,393 9,171 8,853 7,344 8,274 7,323 6,841 6,099 5,530 4,803
Year  
Same day – Total 28,965 29,450 28,805 27,301 24,710 21,278 19,539 17,265 15,017 12,323
One or more nights 14,893 15,180 15,188 15,570 16,168 14,232 15,088 14,390 13,856 13,371
Automobile 9,402 9,609 9,457 9,889 10,607 9,120 9,409 8,774 8,318 7,961
Plane 3,623 3,760 3,835 3,782 3,790 3,501 3,932 3,915 3,881 3,777
Bus 804 810 798 708 661 476 498 546 477 462
Other types 1 1,064 1,001 1,098 1,191 1,110 1,135 1,249 1,155 1,179 1,172
Grand total 43,857 44,630 43,994 42,871 40,878 35,509 34,626 31,655 28,873 25,695