Highlights
In the first quarter, Canadians took 46.5 million trips within Canada or abroad, almost 20 million more than the first quarter of 2021. While this is less than three-quarters (73.2%) of the number of trips taken during the same period in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase from 2021 demonstrates a continued recovery in travel activity.
The majority of trips (93.5%) made by Canadians from January to March 2022 were domestic, whereas before the pandemic, roughly 15% were destined for the United States or overseas. In the first quarter, Canadians spent nearly twice as much on domestic trips ($10.0 billion) as on international travel ($5.8 billion).
Compared with the first quarter of 2019, although Canadians took longer trips, domestic tourism spending was 3.9% below the pre-pandemic level. Internationally, with fewer trips made overall, tourism spending abroad was 47.1% lower in the first quarter compared with its 2019 counterpart.
More recent data on international travel by Canadian residents are available from the monthly "Travel between Canada and other countries."
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