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Economic Impact of Tourism in Ontario, 1997-2004

 

 

Economic Impact of Tourism in Ontario(million $)
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Tourism Receipts $14,422 $17,895 $19,134 $20,871 $21,927 $21,810 $19,693 $21,379

Gross Domestic Product:
Direct (Tourism) $7,986 $9,786 $10,407 $11,294 $11,914 $11,814 $10,595 $11,552
Indirect $2,685 $3,136 $3,373 $3,667 $3,798 $3,776 $3,506 $3,872
Induced $3,736 $3,878 $4,235 $4,749 $5,338 $5,354 $3,037 $3,930
Total $14,407 $16,800 $18,014 $19,711 $21,050 $20,945 $17,137 $19,354

Labour Income:
Direct (Tourism) $4,023 $5,123 $5,611 $6,289 $6,677 $6,646 $5,523 $6,152
Indirect $1,514 $1,837 $2,036 $2,292 $2,410 $2,407 $2,245 $2,506
Induced $1,892 $2,011 $2,255 $2,608 $2,870 $2,897 $1,651 $2,167
Total $7,429 $8,970 $9,901 $11,190 $11,957 $11,950 $9,419 $10,824

Employment - Number of Jobs:
Direct (Tourism) 191,128 220,625 215,333 224,622 233,083 227,387 195,138     205,670
Indirect 46,502 51,311 51,853 54,708 56,086 53,509 52,762       56,668
Induced 59,687 57,217 58,376 63,067 67,573 64,439 38,497       48,181
Total 297,317 329,153 325,562 342,397 356,742 345,340 286,397     310,518

Taxes: 
Direct (Tourism) $3,505 $4,516 $4,814 $5,418 $5,819 $5,854 $5,827 $6,356
Federal $1,772 $2,349 $2,545 $2,923 $3,129 $3,203 $3,066 $3,365
Provincial $1,609 $2,013 $2,100 $2,305 $2,487 $2,449 $2,649 $2,866
Municipal $125 $154 $169 $190 $203 $202 $112 $125
Indirect $656 $842 $919 $1,110 $1,144 $1,171 $1,673 $1,849
Induced $1,398 $1,525 $1,685 $2,018 $2,229 $2,277 $1,382 $1,833
Total $5,559 $6,883 $7,418 $8,546 $9,192 $9,303 $8,883 $10,037
Federal $2,680 $3,462 $3,804 $4,524 $4,819 $4,980 $4,837 $5,442
Provincial $2,398 $2,888 $3,027 $3,359 $3,642 $3,592 $3,790 $4,220
Municipal $481 $533 $586 $663 $730 $730 $256 $375

Source: Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Tourism Regional Economic Impact Model (TREIM)

 

Notes:
Economic Impact of Tourism in Ontario  (Preliminary and subject to change due to further revision): Refers to the total economic impacts captured within Ontario.
Tourism Receipts: Refers to spending by all travellers in Ontario, including spending by visitors in Ontario and Ontario residents' expenditures on transportation before going on a trip outside the province.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Value of goods and services produced by labour and capital located within a country (or region), regardless of nationality of labour or ownership. This GDP is measured at market prices. Tourism GDP refers to the GDP generated in those businesses that directly produce or provide goods and services for travelers.
Direct impact: Refers to the impact generated in businesses or sectors that produce or provide products and services directly to travellers, e.g. accommodations, restaurants, recreations, travel agents, transportation and retail enterprises etc. Direct impact on GDP, employment and tax revenues are also called tourism GDP, tourism employment and tourism tax revenues. 
Indirect impact: Refers to the impact resulting from the expansion of demand from businesses or sectors directly produce or provide goods and services to travellers, to other businesses or sectors.
Induced impact: Refers to the impact associated with the re-spending of labour income and /or profits earned in the industries that serve travellers directly and indirectly.
Jobs generated by tourism: Include full-time, part-time, seasonal employment, as well as both employed and self-employed.
Federal tax revenues: Include personal income tax, corporate income tax, commodity tax (GST, gas tax, excise tax, excise duty, air tax and trading profits) and payroll deduction that collected by the federal government.
Provincial tax revenues: Include personal income tax, corporate income tax, commodity tax (PST, gas tax, liquor gallonage tax, amusement tax and trading profits) and employer health tax that collected by Ontario provincial government.
Municipal tax revenues: Include business and personal property taxes that collected by the municipalities.