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An increase in overnight travel from the United States to Canada offset a decline in overnight travel from overseas countries in October.
United States residents made 1.0 million overnight trips to Canada in October, up 0.7% from September and the highest level since May. The increase was the result of gains in overnight travel by car and plane.
However, overnight travel from overseas countries fell 2.0% from September to 376,000 trips in October, the lowest level in a year.
In October, 9 of the top 12 overseas markets posted declines in travel to Canada. Travel from the United Kingdom, Canada's most important overseas market, fell 4.1%. South Korea posted the largest decline (-10.0%) among the top 12 overseas markets.
Overnight travel to Canada as a whole remained stable at 1.4 million trips.
However, total travel from abroad rose 1.0% as same-day car travel from the United States increased 2.9% to 769,000 trips, the highest level since January.
In the other direction, overnight travel by Canadian residents abroad edged down 0.1% to 2.2 million trips, the lowest level since October 2007.
Canadians made 1.5 million overnight trips to the United States in October, down 0.8% from September. This decrease was mostly the result of a decline in overnight car travel to the United States.
Overnight travel to overseas countries climbed 1.4% to 679,000 trips in October, the second highest level ever.
Canadians also made 1.9 million same-day car trips to the United States, down 6.7% from September and the lowest since February 2007.
Overall, Canadian trips abroad fell 3.2% in October to 4.2 million.
Available on CANSIM: tables 427-0001 to 427-0006.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5005.
The October 2008 issue of International Travel: Advance Information, Vol. 24, no. 10 (66-001-PWE, free), is now available from the Publications module of our website.
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Travel between Canada and other countries
