{"id":163,"date":"2013-07-28T09:36:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T09:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globalbuzz.net\/ca\/?p=163"},"modified":"2013-07-28T09:36:42","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T09:36:42","slug":"tourism-2012-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalbuzz.net\/ca\/news\/tourism-2012-year-in-review","title":{"rendered":"Tourism 2012 Year-in-review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalbuzz.net\/ca\/files\/2013\/07\/CTC.snapshot.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-164\" title=\"CTC snapshot\" alt=\"CTC snapshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.globalbuzz.net\/ca\/files\/2013\/07\/CTC.snapshot.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalbuzz.net\/ca\/files\/2013\/07\/CTC.snapshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.globalbuzz.net\/ca\/files\/2013\/07\/CTC.snapshot-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-164 lazyload\" title=\"CTC snapshot\" alt=\"CTC snapshot\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20540%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" width=\"540\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20540%20270%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalbuzz.net\/ca\/files\/2013\/07\/CTC.snapshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.globalbuzz.net\/ca\/files\/2013\/07\/CTC.snapshot-300x150.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.globalbuzz.net\/ca\/files\/2013\/07\/CTC.snapshot.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ongoing economic troubles in many countries left a global travel market still rather shaky on its legs in 2012. Yet there are signs of steady recovery in many markets, making the outlook for 2013 better than a glass half full.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)\u2019s Research department has dug deep into the statistics to assemble the Tourism Snapshot 2012 Year-in-review. This report is invaluable for both the tourism industry and media to assess the landscape for (CTC)\u2019s key international markets.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Canada rolled out the welcome mat for 16 million international overnight visitors in 2012, a 2% year-on-year rise that was driven by a 3% leap in American travellers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; More tourists translated into more money flowing into Canada, with international visitor spending contributing a tidy $12.3 billion to the national economy, up 2% on 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tourism demand grew 4% in 2012, reaching $82 billion. Of that, domestic demand thickened 5% to hit $66 billion, with international demand nudging up 3% to $16 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The total tourism gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012 was $32.3 billion, 2% of the overall national GDP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Youth is having its fling, with overseas arrivals aged 24 or under climbing 24% to make up 20% of the total.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Canadians sought more international adventures in 2012, taking more 32 million overnight trips, a 6% year-on-year gain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Those travelling Canucks spent big, too, shelling out over $30 billion with Uncle Sam and elsewhere internationally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chinese travellers had an unquenchable thirst for Canadian adventures in 2012, taking 273,000 overnight trips to this country, a 16% year-on-year climb.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brazilians love to spend on their travels: with an average of $1,941 per trip and an average stay of 19.5 days, they again had the deepest pockets of all travellers from CTC\u2019s key international markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Mexico market maintained its strong recovery, registering a 6% boost in Canadian arrivals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Meanwhile, the South Korea market endured another dip in fortunes, with Canadian overnighters falling 2% to 137,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Australia remained a golden market for Canada, with 219,000 eager Aussies crossing the Pacific in 2012, a 2% year-on-year boost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It was Yankee doodle dandy for the US leisure travel market, which grew 3% on 2011, clocking up 10.1 million overnight trips.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The US meetings, conventions and incentive travel (MC&amp;IT) looked robust, too, in 2012 with 1.8 million overnight trips, up 2%. These business folk spent $1.5 billion on the road in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The UK is Canada\u2019s largest overseas market, but struggled again in 2012 due to government austerity measures tightening belts amid a Eurozone economic crisis. Overnight visitor numbers to Canada fell 4% as a consequence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subdued economic news also put Germans off long-haul travel, with Canadian overnighters falling 5% in 2012 to 277,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ongoing economic troubles in many countries left a global travel market still rather shaky on its legs in 2012. 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