National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures, Q1 2020

National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures, Q1 2020 in Thousands of Dollars (x 1,000)
Duration of Visit Main Trip Purpose Country or Region of Expenditures
Total Canada United States Overseas
$ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V.
Total Duration Total Main Trip Purpose 13,834,568 A 5,940,878 A 3,842,638 B 4,051,052 B
Holiday, leisure or recreation 7,748,038 A 2,441,222 B 2,694,134 B 2,612,682 B
Visit friends or relatives 2,788,591 B 1,537,981 A 486,935 C 763,674 C
Personal conference, convention or trade show 214,552 C 160,818 C 52,850 E 884 E
Shopping, non-routine 360,790 B 281,721 B 75,295 C 3,773 E
Other personal reasons 599,697 B 422,981 B 73,388 D 103,328 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 991,166 C 382,123 B 239,621 C 369,422 E
Other business 1,131,735 B 714,031 B 220,415 C 197,289 D
Same-Day Total Main Trip Purpose 2,306,038 A 1,998,199 A 293,647 C 14,193 E
Holiday, leisure or recreation 861,025 B 726,266 B 120,702 D 14,057 E
Visit friends or relatives 628,154 B 535,017 B 93,001 E 136 E
Personal conference, convention or trade show 43,567 D 39,886 D 3,681 E ..  
Shopping, non-routine 275,530 B 219,884 B 55,646 C ..  
Other personal reasons 208,126 B 202,860 B 5,266 E ..  
Business conference, convention or trade show 41,216 C 39,762 C 1,455 E ..  
Other business 248,420 C 234,523 C 13,896 E ..  
Overnight Total Main Trip Purpose 11,528,530 A 3,942,679 A 3,548,991 B 4,036,860 B
Holiday, leisure or recreation 6,887,014 A 1,714,956 B 2,573,432 B 2,598,625 B
Visit friends or relatives 2,160,437 B 1,002,964 B 393,934 C 763,538 C
Personal conference, convention or trade show 170,984 C 120,931 D 49,169 E 884 E
Shopping, non-routine 85,260 C 61,837 D 19,649 E 3,773 E
Other personal reasons 391,570 C 220,120 B 68,122 D 103,328 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 949,950 C 342,362 B 238,166 C 369,422 E
Other business 883,316 B 479,508 B 206,518 D 197,289 D
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Estimates contained in this table have been assigned a letter to indicate their coefficient of variation (c.v.) (expressed as a percentage). The letter grades represent the following coefficients of variation:

A
c.v. between or equal to 0.00% and 5.00% and means Excellent.
B
c.v. between or equal to 5.01% and 15.00% and means Very good.
C
c.v. between or equal to 15.01% and 25.00% and means Good.
D
c.v. between or equal to 25.01% and 35.00% and means Acceptable.
E
c.v. greater than 35.00% and means Use with caution.
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