| Overnight trips to U.S. up in June but overseas travel slips |
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| Friday, 26 August 2011 09:19 |
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OTTAWA — Travel to and from Canada rose in June, all the result of an increase in the number of trips to and from the United States, according to Statistics Canada. Travel between Canada and countries other than the United States fell in both directions. On an outbound basis, Canadian residents took 5.0 million trips abroad in June, up 1.1% from May. The majority of these trips, more than 4.2 million, were to the United States, an increase of 1.5%. Travel to the United States by Canadian residents increased in most categories. This included overnight travel by both car and plane, which rose 0.4% and 2.5% respectively. Canadian residents took just over 2.4 million same-day car trips to the United States, up 1.8% from May. However, travel by Canadian residents to overseas countries fell 0.9% in June to 766,000 trips. On an inbound basis, foreign residents made just over 2.0 million trips to Canada in June, up 1.1%. Again, the United States accounted for the majority of these trips, 1.7 million, an increase of 1.5%. Overnight travel from the United States was up 0.9%. The number of overnight trips by car rose 2.1%, while overnight travel by plane decreased 2.6%. U.S. residents took 590,000 same-day car trips to Canada in June, up 3.0% from May. Travel by overseas residents to Canada amounted to 377,000 trips in June, down 0.4%. In June, eight of Canada’s top 12 overseas markets recorded increases. Travel from Germany rose 14.5%, the largest gain. Travel from China rose 5.6%, surpassing the 20,000 mark for the first time. Travel from Japan fell 9.5%, the largest decrease. Travel from the United Kingdom, Canada’s largest overseas market, was down 7.2%. |