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Current Performance

Quarterly Tourism Newsletter

Current Performance Indicators for Ontario's Tourism Industry

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Current Performance Summary

International Border Crossings ⁽¹⁾

	Aug 2018	% change*	Jan-Aug 2018	% change*
Total Inbound	2,118,650	1.3%	10,933,353	-2.3%
From the U.S.	1,760,529	2.7%	9,045,114	-1.6%
Same-day	715,167	1.0%	4,128,800	-3.1%
Overnight	1,045,362	3.9%	4,916,314	-0.4%
From overseas	358,121	-5.0%	1,888,239	-5.2%
U.K.	58,485	1.7%	252,064	-3.9%
China	35,576	-15.0%	181,070	-5.7%
Germany	19,435	-3.0%	101,809	-2.6%
South Korea	7,521	-54.6%	86,402	-17.4%
Japan	8,078	-52.7%	52,822	-36.9%
India	15,259	-6.8%	107,315	-4.7%
France	17,383	-8.8%	70,326	-3.2%
Brazil	10,603	28.7%	70,567	8.1%
Mexico	17,421	41.6%	105,428	12.3%
Total Outbound	2,667,630	-2.6%	18,772,697	2.5%
To the U.S.	2,138,871	-0.6%	14,568,307	6.3%
To overseas	528,759	-9.9%	4,204,390	-8.7%

Ontario Hotel Statistics⁽²⁾

	Aug 2018	% change*	Jan-Aug 2018	% change*
Hotel Occupancy	82.7%	1.0†	70.2%	1.3†
Hotel Average Daily Rate	$174.91	5.5%	$160.61	4.6%
Exchange Rates (3)
USD	$1.30	3.5%	$1.29	-2.3%
EUR	$1.51	1.1%	$1.54	6.1%
GBP	$1.68	2.9%	$1.75	4.5%
Employment in Tourism-Related Industries (4)	1,905,600	1.0%	1,822,100	2.2%
Travel Price Index (4)	131.4	6.0%	126.5	4.5%
Gas Prices (cents/litre) (5)	132.2	20.4%	129.7	18.3%

* Percentage change over same period of previous year
† Change in percentage points

Sources:

1. Statistics Canada
2. CBRE Hotels Trends in the Hotel Industry National Market Report
3. Bank of Canada
4. Statistics Canada and Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
5. Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines