Table 3
Summary tourism indicators, 2000 to 2007

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  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Government revenue attributable to tourism1 ($ millions) 14,882 14,896 16,048 15,825 16,924 18,241 18,846 19,653
year over year change (%) .. 0.1 7.7 -1.4 6.9 7.8 3.3 4.3
as a share of government revenue in-scope2 (%) 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7
per $100 of tourism spending ($) 27.69 27.51 28.37 28.87 28.86 29.14 28.23 27.75
Government revenue attributable to domestic tourism spending ($ millions) 9,458 9,573 10,546 11,041 11,561 12,923 13,686 14,526
year over year change (%) .. 1.2 10.2 4.7 4.7 11.8 5.9 6.1
as a share of government revenue attributable to tourism (%) 63.6 64.3 65.7 69.8 68.3 70.8 72.6 73.9
per $100 of tourism spending by residents ($) 26.32 26.41 27.43 28.13 28.12 28.35 27.24 26.61
Government revenue attributable to tourism
exports ($ millions)		 5,424 5,324 5,502 4,784 5,363 5,319 5,160 5,126
year over year change (%) .. -1.9 3.4 13 12.1 -0.8 -3 -0.6
as a share of government revenue
attributable to tourism (%)		 36.4 35.7 34.3 30.2 31.7 29.2 27.4 26.1
per $100 of tourism spending by
non-residents ($)		 30.45 29.74 30.37 30.73 30.59 31.25 31.25 31.58
Total tourism spending in Canada ($ millions) 53,750 54,142 56,561 54,820 58,645 62,601 66,754 70,833
year over year change (%) 9.7 0.7 4.5 -3.1 7 6.7 6.6 6.1
share of total attributable to
non-residents (%)		 33.1 33.1 32 28.4 29.9 27.2 24.7 22.9
Tourism gross domestic product (GDP) at
basic prices ($ millions)		 22,406 22,488 23,318 22,389 23,863 25,383 27,020 28,613
year over year change (%) 6.9 0.4 3.7 -4 6.6 6.4 6.4 5.9
as a share of total GDP at basic prices (%) 2.2 2.2 2.2 2 2 2 2 2
Tourism employment (000's of jobs) 610 608 611 612 617 623 636 653
year over year change (%) 3.7 -0.2 0.5 0.2 0.7 1 2.1 2.8
as a share of total employment (%) 4.1 4 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

1. Represents revenue in-scope that is directly attributable to tourism.

2. Represents the sources of revenue in-scope for the study (about 85% of total government revenue from all sources).