March 2009

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Ontario Residents' Expenditures on Overnight Outbound Trips, 1980-2007 ($000) by destination
	Other Canada	U.S.	Overseas Countries	Total
1980	335,110	1,285,167	1,077,606	2,697,883
1981	378,519	1,406,806	1,108,884	2,894,208
1982	455,606	1,471,469	1,192,262	3,119,337
1983	505,876	1,710,412	1,421,629	3,637,917
1984	558,370	1,891,354	1,654,251	4,103,975
1985	608,851	1,982,695	1,997,628	4,589,175
1986	702,540	2,096,836	2,129,239	4,928,615
1987	738,190	2,424,805	2,496,880	5,659,875
1988	697,229	2,838,377	2,742,077	6,277,683
1989	757,187	3,455,973	2,809,125	7,022,285
1990	853,189	4,163,804	3,377,786	8,394,779
1991	913,462	4,639,308	2,920,700	8,473,470
1992	983,138	4,684,216	3,229,700	8,897,055
1993	1,044,848	4,695,739	3,485,160	9,225,746
1994	1,129,879	4,557,971	3,850,451	9,538,301
1995	1,173,984	4,624,762	4,165,699	9,964,444
1996	1,284,643	4,976,645	4,161,220	10,422,508
1997	1,465,627	5,295,040	4,623,748	11,384,415
1998	1,597,510	5,269,253	5,024,440	11,891,203
1999	1,848,898	5,750,363	5,282,293	12,881,554
2000	1,944,818	6,235,799	5,538,331	13,718,948
2001	2,048,856	5,978,632	6,076,125	14,103,613
2002	2,291,686	5,764,470	5,918,211	13,974,367
2003	2,060,841	5,381,126	6,536,117	13,978,084
2004	2,269,983	5,635,417	7,830,921	15,736,321
2005	2,573,821	6,110,663	8,420,532	17,105,016
2006	2,865,960	6,383,385	8,841,469	18,090,814
2007	2,631,204	7,073,913	9,436,252	19,141,370

 

 

Source:
Statistics Canada, International Travel Survey , Ontario Ministry of Tourism

 

Notes:

Outbound person-visit: Refers to trip taken by one person to destinations outside of Ontario. 

 

An international trip is defined by Statistics Canada as travel for less than 12 months for any reason by anybody except: immigrants, former residents, military personnel, diplomats and dependants and crews, returning to Canada who are cleared through Customs and Immigration point of entry. 

 

Ontarians’ expenditures on outbound trips: Refers to spending by Ontario residents in and outside Ontario while on a trip to a destination outside Ontario.

 

Expenditures on outbound trips include point of origin expenditures and the expenditures at the locations visited. The "point of origin expenditures" are the amounts of money spent by Ontario residents in Ontario on transportation before going on a trip outside Ontario, which are assumed to have taken place at the location of origin of the trip and not at the locations visited, e.g. in the case of a same-day trip, the expenditures on vehicle rental, vehicle operation and intercity transportation, while in the case of an overnight trip, they are the expenditures on vehicle rental and intercity transportation.

 

International travel expenditures include the following categories: Spending on  Canadian fares, spending in destination countries, spending on fares of destination countries' carriers, and spending on fares of other countries.

 

The methodology of the International Travel Survey has changed in 2000. Therefore, data prior to 2000 are not comparable to those after 2000.