Travel to Canada down over past year: StatsCan
20.08.2008 19:00
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- Source: cbc.ca
Significantly fewer people travelled to Canada at the start of summer compared with last year, while more Canadians packed their bags for trips abroad over the same period, said a report released Monday by Statistics Canada. Underlining a trend that has struck the Canadian tourism industry over the past months, the number of trips made by foreigners to Canada in June was down 12.7 per cent from the same period a year ago, the report said. The 2.3 million voyages foreigners took to Canada in June was also down 1.3 per cent from May. Trips to Canada from the United States in June were down 1.2 per cent from May. Travel from nine of the 12 top overseas markets also fell in June, with travellers coming from China leading the way, taking 6.8 per cent fewer trips than they did in May. Only travellers from the United Kingdom (+2.4 per cent,), Hong Kong (+2.0 per cent) and the Netherlands (+2.5 per cent) made more trips to Canada in June than in May. Traffic the other way, while in decline for the fifth month in a row this year, is up since a year ago. Canadians took 4.4 million trips abroad in June, up 8.8 per cent since June 2007, the report said. Month to month, however, Canadian trips abroad fell 0.8 per cent in June. Canadians' travel to the U.S. in June was off 0.9 per cent since May, down to 3.8 million trips. The generally lower cross-border travel comes amid increased economic uncertainty around the world, major layoff and shutdown announcements in both the U.S. and Canadian manufacturing sectors, and higher prices for gasoline and jet fuel. With files from the Canadian PressConsumer HeadlinesDeath reported in Ont. from listeriosis, as meat recall expandedHealth Canada confirmed Wednesday that one person in Ontario has died as a result of listeriosis.Ford Escape, Mitsubishi Outlander top SUV crash testsFour small sport utility vehicles received top scores in crash tests to be released Wednesday by the insurance industry, a sign of improvement compared with SUVs built earlier in the decade.Parents give more reliable assessment of children's activity than kids: StatsCanParents seem to give a more accurate assessment of their children's activity levels than the children themselves, according to a Statistics Canada study released Wednesday.EBay to emphasize fixed prices over auctions, report saysAuction site eBay is set to change its fee structure in order to emphasize fixed-price sales and move away from bidding wars, according to a report.London, Ont., to ban bottled water on city premises despite beverage industry protestsCity councillors in London, Ont., have voted to ban the sale of bottled water on city premises despite protests from the beverage industry. Consumer Life FeaturesIN DEPTHEnvironmentHealth Canada to evaluate pigments, solventsTECHNOLOGY'Make' it yourselfMagazine foments DIY revolutionSAFETYRecalls and AdvisoriesYOUR VOICEFound your calling?Tell us why your job is a dream job!BLOGFood BytesThe colossal appetite of PhelpsBLOGComm-OdditiesBillionaire breaks real-estate record with $793M bidPeople who read this also read …
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