IUOTO - INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS

Page 2 CANADA
Frontier Arrivals
1969 1970

Number of Visitor Arrivals at Frontiers by Month (3)

Month

January
“ebruary
March
April
Vay
June
July
August
September
October
November
december

1 442 241
1 487 781
| 771 172
2 065 308
2 978 208
1 041 424
5 408 418
6 864 491
3 009 027
2 423 T16
987 746
749 310

1 576 515
1 579 761
1 979 327
2 009 443
3 046 436
4 202 146
6 684 667
6 846 187
3 597 541
2 536 594
1 913 826
1 716 033

Totals 36 228 842 37 688 476
(3) Including excursionists from the USA only. These numbered 23 454 000 in 1969
and 23 505 000 in 1970

Number of Overseas Visitors to Canada by Purpose of Visit

1969 1970 1969 1970
Holiday 370 300 429 900 Business 57 900 66 300
Other 15 200 16 900

Total Foreign Tourist Nights in all forms of Accommodation

— rer

1969 68 590 800 1970 76 818 000

Average Length of Stay of Foreign Tourists

1969 6,4 days 1970
Average Foreign Tourist Spending per Visit (4)
1969 US g 27,70 1970 us Z 31,60

(4) Including excursionist spending and payments for international transportation
International Tourist Receipts and Expenditures (US $ millions)
Source : Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Balance of Payments Division
Method : Sample survey of visitors
Rate of Exchange : 1969 : 0,9287 1970 : 0,9885

1969
Total (5) 1 002
Zeceipts
of which from :
JSA 900 1045
Jnited Kingdom 25 42
International 30,5 46,6
“are Receipts (6)

1969
Total (5) 1 189
Expenditures
Of which in :
USA 816 904
Jnited Kingdom 138 151
International 104,4
Fare Pavments (6)

1970
1 410

(5) Including all receipts and payments on account of international transportation.
(6) International fare receipts and payments shown above apply only to transportation
by air and sea between Canada and countries other than the USA.

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