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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	2,049	1,742	307
Traditional Markets	894	774	120
U.K.	429	382	46
Germany	141	115	26
France	118	101	17
Japan	207	175	32
Other Europe	396	334	62
Other Asia	376	307	69
All Other	383	328	56

 

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	714	654	278	96	133	95	45	34
Traditional Markets	382	250	105	35	58	31	16	15
U.K.	173	148	38	23	20	14	5	6
Germany	50	34	25	6	9	6	4	6
France	54	28	15	3	9	7	1	1
Japan	105	40	28	3	21	4	5	2
Other Europe	121	136	53	24	29	18	11	4
Other Asia	87	144	58	18	30	24	8	6
All Other	123	124	62	19	16	21	10	9

 

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	183	482	737	341	38	73	129	67
Traditional Markets	74	212	336	152	13	31	47	28
U.K.	37	108	162	75	6	17	13	11
Germany	11	29	54	21	2	7	13	3
France	11	21	48	20	2	4	8	3
Japan	15	53	71	36	3	4	13	12
Other Europe	35	91	147	62	7	13	32	10
Other Asia	39	92	124	52	6	15	31	17
All Other	35	87	130	75	11	14	19	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	1.62	96%	4%	1.62	97%	3%
Traditional Markets	1.64	97%	3%	1.86	97%	3%
U.K.	1.74	97%	3%	1.87	94%	6%
Germany	1.61	97%	3%	1.57	99%	1%
France	1.67	97%	3%	1.61	95%	5%
Japan	1.46	98%	2%	2.38	100%	0%
Other Europe	1.59	95%	5%	1.66	99%	1%
Other Asia	1.59	97%	3%	1.42	98%	2%
All Other	1.61	94%	6%	1.43	96%	4%

 

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	19,997	11.48
Traditional Markets	6,828	8.83
U.K.	3,628	9.49
Germany	1,299	11.29
France	705	6.99
Japan	1,196	6.83
Other Europe	4,414	13.21
Other Asia	4,708	15.33
All Other	4,047	12.36

 

Table 6: Overseas Visitors Accommodation in Ontario (000s)
Type of Accommodation	Total Overseas	Traditional Markets	Other Overseas
Total Person Nights	19,997	6,828	13,169
Roofed Commercial Accommodation	4,482	2,128	2,355
Hotel	3,779	1,795	1,984
Motel	348	146	202
Commercial Cottage	355	187	169
Camping/Trailer Park	171	86	85
Home of Friend/Relative	12,385	3,560	8,824
Private Cottage	53	33	19
Other Accommodation	2,907	1,021	1,886

 

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	1,742	774	969	307	120	187
Essex	24	8	16	13	3	10
Southwestern Ontario	101	50	51	2		2
Niagara Region	740	367	373	62	21	41
South-Central Ontario	200	88	112
Toronto and Region	1,395	575	820	196	74	123
Central Ontario	201	100	100
St. Lawrence River Corridor	127	58	69	14	10	4
Ottawa Region	368	164	204	14	8	6
Eastern Ontario	43	20	23	*	*
North-Central	19	14	5	4		4
North-East	34	20	14	2		2
North-West	22	10	12	5	5	*
Region not Specified	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	1,108	421	687	129	56	73
Festival/fair	236	106	130	25	7	18
Cultural performance	259	113	146	48	11	37
Museum/art gallery	614	279	335	79	33	45
Historical site	670	329	341	91	41	50
zoo/aquarium/botanical garden	407	187	220	48	22	26
Sports event	176	83	93	43	14	29
Go shopping	1,526	678	848	210	83	127
Go sightseeing	1,292	617	675	184	78	106
Bar/nightclub	517	245	272	65	26	39
Casino	193	79	114	10	2	8
Theme Park	235	89	146	20	8	12
Nature park	747	370	377	119	57	62
Any sports/outdoor activities	348	175	173	64	29	34
Boating	142	82	61	18	9	10
Golfing	58	31	27	7	4	2
Skiing /snowboarding	24	11	13	11	6	5
Hunting	1	*	*	*		*
Fishing	52	24	28	6	1	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	$2,199	$143
Traditional Markets	$1,001	$52
U.K.	$511	$22
Germany	$153	$11
France	$99	$6
Japan	$237	$13
Other Europe	$379	$27
Other Asia	$386	$28
All Other	$433	$36

 

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	2,198	1,001	1,198	142,761	51,749	91,012
Essex	10	3	7	$1,726	1,309	418
Southwestern Ontario	47	23	24	$302	**	302
Niagara Region	183	107	76	$11,370	7,428	3,942
South-Central Ontario	95	46	48	**	**	**
Toronto and Region	1,515	652	863	$124,461	40,029	84,432
Central Ontario	84	47	37	**	**	**
St. Lawrence River Corridor	36	19	17	$1,061	283	778
Ottawa Region	185	80	105	$3,523	2,642	881
Eastern Ontario	12	6	6	$7	7	**
North-Central	7	5	2	$28	**	28
North-East	14	9	5	$221	**	221
North-West	10	5	6	$53	44	9
Region not Specified	1	*	1	$9	8	1
*  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	$2,199	$1,001	$1,198	$142,761	$51,749	$91,012
Accommodation	$428	$214	$214
Food and Beverage	$324	$139	$186	$6,085	$2,345	$3,740
Recreation and Entertainment	$138	$57	$81	$2,116	$781	$1,335
Retail	$415	$151	$264	$5,861	$2,399	$3,461
Canadian Carrier Fares	$703	$360	$342	$128,201	$46,096	$82,105
Private Transportation	$106	$45	$61	$205	$30	$174
Public/local transportation	$85	$36	$49	$295	$97	$197

 

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