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Available today is a set of tables containing data on domestic travel expenditures for 2005 from the Travel Survey of Residents of Canada.
This survey, which started in 2005, provides estimates of domestic travel that are more in line with international guidelines as recommended by the World Tourism Organization.
A domestic visit is one that originates and occurs within Canada, is less than 365 days in duration, ends during the reference period, and is outside the respondent's "usual" environment.
Canadian residents spent $31.6 billion within the country during 2005. Over 80% of the money spent on domestic travel was for pleasure trips ($16.5 billion) and for visiting friends and/or relatives ($9.3 billion).
More than three-quarters ($24.4 billion) of these travel expenditures occurred within the province of residence of the traveller.
Starting with the 2006 reference year, domestic volumes and expenditures data for domestic travel will be released at the same time.
Note: Up to the fourth quarter of 2004, estimates on domestic travel were provided by the Canadian Travel Survey. The Travel Survey of Residents of Canada estimates cannot be compared with those from the Canadian Travel Survey. The document Communications for the Travel Survey of Residents of Canada provides information about differences between these two surveys. To obtain a copy, click on the survey number below.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 3810.
For general information or to obtain data, contact Client Services (613-951-9169; 1-800-307-3382; fax: 613-951-2909; cult.tourstats@statcan.gc.ca).
To enquire about the concepts, questionnaires, methods or data quality of this release, contact Lizette Gervais-Simard (613-951-1672; fax: 613-951-2909; gervliz@statcan.gc.ca), Culture Tourism, and the Centre for Education Statistics.
