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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	1,559	1,300	259
Traditional Markets	647	558	89
U.K.	343	302	41
Germany	112	89	23
France	107	90	16
Japan	86	77	9
Other Europe	320	254	66
Other Asia	306	255	51
All Other	285	232	53

 

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	464	524	238	74	111	80	46	22
Traditional Markets	254	201	80	24	45	25	11	8
U.K.	127	126	32	17	22	12	3	4
Germany	39	26	20	3	10	5	5	4
France	51	25	12	2	7	6	2	0
Japan	36	23	15	2	6	2	1	1
Other Europe	74	113	54	13	28	17	16	5
Other Asia	44	138	52	21	20	21	6	3
All Other	92	73	52	16	17	17	13	6

 

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	178	311	532	279	43	63	103	49
Traditional Markets	72	132	239	116	16	22	28	23
U.K.	40	83	120	58	4	10	13	14
Germany	9	20	43	16	5	6	8	4
France	11	20	47	13	3	2	7	4
Japan	11	9	29	28	4	4		1
Other Europe	37	65	101	52	8	13	37	8
Other Asia	40	48	109	59	7	15	22	7
All Other	30	66	84	53	11	13	17	12

 

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	1.57	96%	4%	1.57	97%	3%
Traditional Markets	1.68	96%	4%	1.64	99%	1%
U.K.	1.78	95%	5%	1.79	99%	1%
Germany	1.68	97%	3%	1.59	99%	1%
France	1.67	97%	3%	1.45	97%	3%
Japan	1.41	99%	1%	1.59	100%	0%
Other Europe	1.57	95%	5%	1.61	97%	3%
Other Asia	1.47	95%	5%	1.52	99%	1%
All Other	1.44	96%	4%	1.46	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	15,407	11.85
Traditional Markets	5,153	9.23
U.K.	3,085	10.21
Germany	841	9.47
France	696	7.71
Japan	530	6.89
Other Europe	3,322	13.07
Other Asia	4,143	16.24
All Other	2,790	12.00

 

Table 6: Overseas Visitors Accommodation in Ontario (000s)
Type of Accommodation	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas
Total Person Nights	15,407	5,153	10,255
Roofed Commercial Accommodation	3,404	1,458	1,946
Hotel	2,730	1,197	1,533
Motel	444	162	282
Commercial Cottage	231	99	132
Camping/Trailer Park	207	73	135
Home of Friend/Relative	9,524	2,788	6,735
Private Cottage	35	18	16
Other Accommodation	2,237	815	1,422

 

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	1,300	558	742	259	89	170
Essex	19	4	15	3		3
Southwestern Ontario	81	30	51	2		2
Niagara Region	481	247	234	33	6	27
South-Central Ontario	150	70	80			*
Toronto and Region	1,030	424	606	190	76	114
Central Ontario	164	88	77
St. Lawrence River Corridor	107	59	48	2	*	2
Ottawa Region	290	135	155	23	8	15
Eastern Ontario	23	12	11	*	*	*
North-Central	16	10	6	5		5
North-East	23	11	12	2		2
North-West	15	8	7	1	*	1
Region not Specified	1	1	1	*	1	1
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	874	341	534	124	47	77
Festival/fair	162	66	96	30	10	20
Cultural performance	188	82	106	46	19	27
Museum/art gallery	453	227	227	90	34	56
Historical site	501	251	250	91	34	57
zoo/aquarium/botanical garden	266	123	143	53	23	30
Sports event	123	60	62	33	10	23
Go shopping	1,125	493	631	195	69	126
Go sightseeing	961	442	520	169	64	104
Bar/nightclub	408	201	207	58	27	31
Casino	133	65	69	13	4	9
Theme Park	169	56	113	24	7	17
Nature park	511	249	262	110	48	63
Any sports/outdoor activities	297	152	145	69	30	39
Boating	123	68	55	23	10	13
Golfing	58	26	32	8	4	5
Skiing /snowboarding	31	8	23	8	4	5
Hunting	3	1	2	*	*
Fishing	52	26	26	11	6	5
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	$1,661	$136
Traditional Markets	$702	$57
U.K.	$404	$31
Germany	$111	$14
France	$88	$7
Japan	$100	$5
Other Europe	$321	$38
Other Asia	$324	$16
All Other	$314	$25

 

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	1,660	701	959	136,090	57,293	78,797
Essex	11	3	9	$2,119	1,673	447
Southwestern Ontario	43	12	32	$1,185	901	285
Niagara Region	113	63	50	$3,837	2,507	1,330
South-Central Ontario	67	27	40	$4	**	4
Toronto and Region	1,121	460	662	$126,066	51,176	74,890
Central Ontario	74	38	35	**	**	**
St. Lawrence River Corridor	28	15	13	$249	8	242
Ottawa Region	171	70	101	$2,267	980	1,287
Eastern Ontario	7	3	3	$3	2	1
North-Central	5	3	2	$37	**	37
North-East	13	5	9	$184	**	184
North-West	7	3	4	$77	1	76
Region not Specified	0	*	*	$62	46	16
*  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	$1,661	$702	$959	$136,090	$57,293	$78,797
Accommodation	$313	$138	$175
Food and Beverage	$258	$104	$155	$4,742	$1,586	$3,156
Recreation and Entertainment	$107	$47	$60	$1,832	$658	$1,174
Retail	$325	$110	$215	$5,351	$1,732	$3,619
Canadian Carrier Fares	$502	$240	$262	$123,897	$53,241	$70,656
Private Transportation	$87	$35	$52	$152	$49	$103
Public/local transportation	$68	$28	$40	$116	$26	$90

 

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