posted on: 2009-12-23 01:30:18
Study: Rural tourism 2002
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Canadian tourists accounted for more than 80% of all leisure visits in Canada in 2002 but only about 60% of total spending, according to a new study.
The study, based on data from the Canadian Travel Survey and the International Travel Survey, analyzed visits to the nation's rural areas by domestic, American and overseas tourists.
Visitors paid an estimated 211 million leisure visits to Canada in 2002 and spent about $30 billion.
Domestic travellers accounted for 83% of the visits, Americans 12% and overseas visitors another 5%.
However, Canadians accounted for only 61% of the money spent during visits to rural areas, while Americans accounted for 25% and foreigners about 14%.
Tourism to rural destinations accounted for almost half of all tourism in Canada in 2002.
Young Canadians were more likely to visit rural areas, while tourists from the United States were more likely to be older.
About 22% of Canadian visits were by people under 20 years of age compared with only about 10% among Americans and overseas tourists.
On the other hand, 41% of American visitors were people aged 55 and over, while only 30% of overseas tourists and 20% of Canadian tourists were in this age group.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey numbers, including related surveys, 3152 and 3810.
The article "A visit to Canada's countryside: Rural tourism," is now available online in the publication Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin, Vol. 6, no. 5 (21-006-XIE, free). From the Our products and services page, under Browse our Internet publications, choose Free, then Agriculture.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Roland Beshiri (613-951-6506; roland.beshiri@statcan.gc.ca), Agriculture Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/050726/dq050726a-eng.htm, December 22, 2009.
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