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World Tourism1	Total Tourism Receipts ($B)	US$ 4,854
	As a percent of world GDP	9.0%
	Tourism Value-Added ($B)	US$ 1,830
	As a percent of world GDP	3.4%
	Tourism Employment (‘000 of jobs)	79,131
	As a percent of world employment	2.8%
	Tourism Foreign Earnings ($B)	US$ 1,013
	As a percent of world exports	6.0%
	Consumer Spending on Tourism 2 ($B)	US$ 2,920
	As a percent of total personal spending	9.2%

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Ontario's Tourism3	Total Tourism Receipts ($B)	CAN$ 22.1
	As a percent of provincial GDP	3.8%
	Tourism Value Added ($B)	CAN$ 11.3
	As a percent of provincial GDP	1.9 %
	Tourism Employment ('000 of jobs)	200.9
	As a percent of provincial employment	3.0%
	Tourism Labour Income ($B)	CAN$ 7.0
	As a percent of provincial labour income4	2.2%
	Provincial Tourism Tax Revenues5 ($B)	CAN$ 2.6
	As a percent of provincial tax revenues	3.7%
	As a percent of provincial revenues6	2.6%
	Municipal Tourism Tax Revenues ($M)	CAN$ 571
	Federal Tourism Tax Revenues ($B)	CAN$ 3.2
	Tourism's Foreign Earnings ($B)	CAN$ 6.1
	As a percent of Ontario’s total international exports	3.0%
	Rank of tourism as an Ontario export	8
	Ontarians' Spending on Tourism2 ($B)	CAN$ 25.2
	As a percent of total personal spending7	7.5%
	As a percent of personal disposable income8	7.1%

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Sources of Ontario's Tourism Receipts9:
Ontario	U.S.	Overseas	Canadian Provinces
63%	17%	13%	8%

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Ontario's Share of Spending by:
Americans in Canada10	Americans outside the US11	Overseas’ in Canada10	World’s international Travellers12	Canadians in Canada13	Ontarians’ Anywhere in the world13
43%	3%	35%	1%	36%	45%

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World's Top International Tourism14
Destinations		Earners		Spenders
International Arrivals15(millions)		International Receipts16($B)		International Expenditure16($B)
1. France	81.9	1. USA	US $96.7	1. Germany	US $82.9
2. Spain	59.2	2. Spain	US $57.8	2. USA	US $76.2
3. USA	56.0	3. France	US $54.2	3. UK	US $72.3
11. Canada	17.9	12. Canada	US $15.5	8. Canada	US $24.8
N/A Ontario	8.5	N/A Ontario	US $4.1	N/A Ontario	US $9.2

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NOTES

1. 2008 Travel and Tourism Economic Research, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)     
2. Excludes spending on business travel
3. Travel Survey of the Residents of Canada (TSRC) and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada; Economic Impact Model, Ontario Ministry of Tourism; Ontario Economic Accounts, Ontario Ministry of Finance
4. Ontario Economic Accounts Table 1, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Jan 2009
5. Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada
6. 2008 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Jan 2009
7. Ontario Economic Accounts Table 2, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Jan 2009
8. Ontario Economic Accounts Table 4, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Jan 2009
9. Travel Survey of the Residents of Canada (TSRC) and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2007
10. International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2007, includes spending on Canadian fares but not on foreign fares. Excludes students and commuters.
11. U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2007 U.S. Resident Spending Abroad and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2007
12. Tourism Highlights, 2008 Edition, World Tourism Organization (WTO) and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2007
13. Travel Survey of the Residents of Canada (TSRC) and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2007. Spending by Ontarians anywhere in the world includes all spending on travel by Ontarians in Ontario, in the rest of Canada and outside of Canada, excluding business travel spending. Includes fares paid to domestic and foreign carriers. Ontario’s share of spending by Ontarians anywhere in the world includes spending in Ontario, and spending on Canadian fares to travel outside of Ontario.
14. Tourism Highlights 2008 Edition, World Tourist Organization (WTO), Ontario: International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada
15. Excludes same-day visitors
16. Excludes payments on transport fares but includes spending by business travellers