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Visitors made 2.3 million trips to Canada in May, up 0.4% from the previous month.
Travel from the United States edged up 0.3% from April. Residents of countries other than the United States made 404,000 overnight trips to Canada, up 0.7% from April. (Unless otherwise specified, monthly data are seasonally adjusted.)
Even so, travel from 7 of the top 12 overseas markets to Canada declined in May, led by the Netherlands with a 16.2% drop. On the other hand, travel from India rose 11.8%, the fastest gain in May among the top overseas markets.
Travel both to and from Canada rose in May.
Overnight travel by American residents to Canada declined 0.7%, while same-day car travel rose 2.2% in May. The gain in same-day car trips was the second consecutive monthly increase following seven months of declines.
On an outbound basis, Canadian residents took 4.5 million trips outside the country, up 1.6% from April.
Of these, 3.8 million were trips to the United States, up 2.0% from April. Same-day car travel to the United States increased 1.8% to 2.1 million trips, while overnight travel to the United States rose 2.1%.
Canadians took 664,000 trips to overseas countries in May, down 0.9% from April. Although this was the second straight monthly decline, travel by Canadian residents to overseas destinations has been steadily increasing over the last few years.
Available on CANSIM: tables 427-0001 to 427-0006.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5005.
The May 2008 issue of International Travel, Advance Information, Vol. 24, no. 5 (66-001-PWE, free), is now available from the Publications module of our website.
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