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The total number of visitors to Canada rose 2.1% in September, due to an increase in overnight travel from the United States.
Following four consecutive months of declines, overnight travel from the United States grew by 7.2% to one million trips in September. This advance was largely the result of an increase in the number of overnight trips by car. However, the number of same-day car trips by US residents to Canada fell to 746,000 in September, down 1.1% from August.
Travel from overseas countries to Canada decreased 2.7% from August to 397,000 trips in September, with declines in 10 of the top-12 overseas markets.
Just over 70,000 travellers came from Canada's largest overseas market, the United Kingdom, down 3.5% from August and the lowest level since July 2006. There were 11.4% fewer visitors from the United Kingdom to Canada this September compared with a year ago.
On an outbound basis, Canadian residents made 4.3 million trips abroad in September, down 2.9% from August, as result of a drop in the number of trips to the United States.
Canadians made 3.7 million trips to the United States in September, down 3.5% from August. Same-day car trips south of the border fell 2.7% to 2.1 million while the total number of overnight trips to the United States fell 4.2% to 1.6 million.
Canadian travel to overseas countries increased 0.7% to 670,000 trips in September.
Available on CANSIM: tables 427-0001 to 427-0006.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5005.
The September 2008 issue of International Travel, Advance Information, Vol. 24, no. 9 (66-001-PWE, free), is now available from the Publications module of our website.
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