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• Table 1: Person Visits from Overseas Countries to Ontario: by length of stay
• Table 2: Person Visits from Overseas Countries to Ontario: by Main Purpose of Trip
• Table 3: Person Visits from Overseas Countries to Ontario: by Calendar Quarter
• Table 4: Average Party Size and Composition of Overseas Visitors to Ontario
• Table 5: Person Nights spent by Overseas Visitors in Ontario
• Table 6: Overseas Visitors Accommodation in Ontario
• Table 7: Person Visits from Overseas Countries to Ontario: Locations Visited
• Table 8: Person Visits from Overseas Countries to Ontario: Activities
• Table 9: Overseas Visitors Spending in Ontario
• Table 10: Overseas Visitors Spending in Ontario: by Locations Visited
• Table 11: Overseas Visitors Spending in Ontario: by Expense Category
  
  

This set of tables is intended to replace the information previously published in the format of The Tourism Monographs, under the heading of Ontario’s Overseas Travel Markets.

 

Table 1. Person Visits from Overseas Countries to Ontario: by Length of Stay
	Total Visits	Overnight Visits	Same-day Visits
Origin	(000s)	(000s)	(000s)
All Overseas	2,014	1,704	309
Traditional Markets	883	752	130
U.K.	406	358	48
Germany	145	115	30
France	135	113	22
Japan	197	166	30
Other Europe	391	318	73
Other Asia	381	322	59
All Other	358	312	46

 

Table 2: Person Visits from Overseas Countries to Ontario: by Main Purpose of Trip
	Overnight Visits (000s)				Same-day Visits (000s)
Origin	Pleasure	VFR	Business	Personal	Pleasure	VFR	Business	Personal
All Overseas	738	573	302	92	143	80	47	39
Traditional Markets	386	235	99	32	64	26	15	25
U.K.	153	145	42	17	29	7	4	8
Germany	51	35	24	5	11	6	3	10
France	71	25	13	3	8	9	3	2
Japan	111	30	19	7	17	4	5	5
Other Europe	123	103	66	26	31	21	15	6
Other Asia	98	128	77	20	32	16	8	4
All Other	131	107	60	14	15	17	9	5

 

Table 3: Person Visits from Overseas Countries to Ontario: by Calendar Quarter
	Overnight Visits (000s)				Same-day Visits (000s)
Origin	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
All Overseas	184	451	734	336	42	74	133	60
Traditional Markets	77	197	325	154	18	32	52	28
U.K.	45	97	146	70	8	8	22	10
Germany	12	30	52	21	3	9	13	4
France	11	25	59	18	4	7	7	4
Japan	8	45	68	45	3	8	9	10
Other Europe	31	87	139	60	7	14	40	12
Other Asia	43	95	124	60	8	16	26	10
All Other	33	72	146	61	9	12	16	9

 

Table 4: Average Party Size and Composition of Overseas Visitors to Ontario
	Overnight Visits			Same-day Visits
Origin	Average Party Size	Party Composition		Average Party Size	Party Composition
		Adults Only	w/ Kids		Adults Only	w/ Kids
All Overseas	1.67	96%	4%	1.62	97%	3%
Traditional Markets	1.74	96%	4%	1.68	97%	3%
U.K.	1.76	95%	5%	1.81	97%	3%
Germany	1.62	96%	4%	1.45	95%	5%
France	1.75	96%	4%	1.53	96%	4%
Japan	1.78	99%	1%	1.87	100%	0%
Other Europe	1.62	97%	3%	1.73	97%	3%
Other Asia	1.66	97%	3%	1.47	98%	2%
All Other	1.58	94%	6%	1.51	95%	5%

 

Table 5: Person Nights spent by Overseas Travellers in Ontario and Avg. Length of Stay
Origin	Person Nights (000s)	Average length of stay (nights) Total Overnight Visitors
All Overseas	18,273	10.72
Traditional Markets	6,251	8.31
U.K.	3,547	9.92
Germany	1,095	9.53
France	646	5.70
Japan	963	5.79
Other Europe	3,629	11.42
Other Asia	4,516	14.02
All Other	3,877	12.42

 

Table 6: Overseas Visitors Accommodation in Ontario (000s)
Type of Accommodation	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas
Total Person Nights	18,273	6,251	12,022
Roofed Commercial Accommodation	4,590	1,989	2,602
Hotel	3,869	1,689	2,180
Motel	438	161	278
Commercial Cottage	283	139	144
Camping/Trailer Park	200	88	112
Home of Friend/Relative	10,286	3,193	7,093
Private Cottage	152	32	120
Other Accommodation	3,044	950	2,095

 

Table 7: Person Visits from Overseas Countries to Ontario: Locations Visited
	Overnight Visits			Same-day Visits
Tourism Region	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas
Total Person Visits	1,704	752	952	309	130	179
Essex	14	4	11	5	1	4
Southwestern Ontario	101	46	55	3	*	3
Niagara Region	650	330	321	53	19	33
South-Central Ontario	164	75	89		*	*
Toronto and Region	1,326	573	753	219	99	120
Central Ontario	196	108	89
St. Lawrence River Corridor	168	79	90	4	1	3
Ottawa Region	419	202	217	16	8	8
Eastern Ontario	32	16	15	*	*	1
North-Central	24	14	10	5		5
North-East	32	14	18	2		2
North-West	14	5	10	3	1	2
Region not Specified	3	1	2	*		*
Note: The sum of each column can exceed the total since multiple locations may be visited in a given trip.
* Less than 1000.

 

Table 8: Person Visits from Overseas Countries to Ontario: Activities
	Overnight Visits (000s)			Same-day Visits (000s)
Activity	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas
VFR	1,066	404	662	119	47	72
Festival/fair	210	87	123	32	12	20
Cultural performance	246	93	153	38	12	26
Museum/art gallery	645	315	329	92	36	57
Historical site	695	341	354	102	45	57
zoo/aquarium/botanical garden	372	167	206	42	19	23
Sports event	170	74	96	38	11	27
Go shopping	1,473	663	810	217	92	125
Go sightseeing	1,313	602	711	193	81	112
Bar/nightclub	498	237	261	62	30	32
Casino	178	67	110	19	7	12
Theme Park	245	87	158	29	7	23
Nature park	761	370	391	113	50	63
Any sports/outdoor activities	355	172	183	66	26	40
Boating	148	79	70	23	10	13
Golfing	53	27	25	7	1	6
Skiing /snowboarding	34	11	22	13	5	7
Hunting	3	3	1	1		1
Fishing	59	27	31	5	2	3
Note: Only the activities of overnight travellers from Overseas Countries are known. * Less than 1000.

 

Table 9: Overseas Visitors Spending in Ontario
Origin	Overnight Visits	Same-day Visits
All Overseas	$2,292	$191
Traditional Markets	$988	$88
U.K.	$525	$36
Germany	$140	$23
France	$94	$11
Japan	$229	$19
Other Europe	$414	$46
Other Asia	$401	$25
All Other	$489	$32

 

Table 10: Overseas Visitors Spending in Ontario: by Locations Visited
	Overnight Visitors (millions)			Same-day Visitors ($000s)
Locations Visited	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas
Total Spending	2,291	988	1,303	191,093	88,210	102,882
Essex	8	2	6	$227	22	204
Southwestern Ontario	51	17	35	$1,336	1,267	69
Niagara Region	173	98	75	$6,509	4,923	1,587
South-Central Ontario	72	27	44	$6	4	2
Toronto and Region	1,582	651	931	$179,113	80,490	98,623
Central Ontario	81	50	31	**	**	**
St. Lawrence River Corridor	52	21	31	$57	14	43
Ottawa Region	236	103	133	$3,378	1,468	1,909
Eastern Ontario	8	6	2	$28	4	25
North-Central	8	4	4	$37	**	37
North-East	14	7	7	$152	**	152
North-West	6	2	4	$244	18	226
Region not Specified	0	*	*	$4	**	4
*  Less than 1 million.
**  Less than 1,000.

 

Table 11 Overseas Visitors Spending in Ontario: by Expense Category
	Overnight Visits			Same-day Visits
Spending Category	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas
Total Spending	$2,292	$988	$1,303	$191,093	$88,210	$102,882
Accommodation	$423	$210	$213
Food and Beverage	$329	$133	$195	$5,565	$2,623	$2,943
Recreation and Entertainment	$141	$59	$82	$2,030	$867	$1,164
Retail	$416	$131	$285	$5,555	$2,484	$3,071
Canadian Carrier Fares	$784	$377	$406	$177,549	$82,135	$95,414
Private Transportation	$114	$42	$72	$136	$6	$130
Public/local transportation	$86	$36	$50	$258	$96	$161

 

 

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