Current Performance
Quarterly Tourism Newsletter
Current Performance Indicators for Ontario's Tourism Industry
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Current Performance Summary
International Border Crossings (1)
| Jan 2019 |
% change* |
Jan-Dec 2018 |
% change* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Inbound | 750,842 | -4.3% | 15,798,561 | -2.1% |
| From the U.S. | 598,490 | -6.4% | 12,941,565 | -1.7% |
| From overseas | 152,352 | 5.0% | 2,856,996 | -3.8% |
| U.K. | 14,685 | 3.7% | 376,209 | -4.5% |
| China | 24,712 | 42.3% | 293 357 | 3,9% |
| Germany | 5,072 | -17.6% | 149,694 | -7.5% |
| South Korea | 5,033 | -35.9% | 125,201 | -25.1% |
| Japan | 2,979 | -47.0% | 83,520 | -34.4% |
| India | 8,803 | 7.2% | 171,804 | 14.1% |
| France | 4,800 | -4.0% | 106,279 | -4.7% |
| Brazil | 9,442 | -12.3% | 125,036 | 15.4% |
| Mexico | 11,695 | 43.1% | 165,069 | 11.9% |
| Total Outbound | 2,141,969 | -3.1% | 27,345,592 | 1.2% |
| To the U.S. | 1,521,080 | -5.1% | 21,441,192 | 3.6% |
| To overseas | 620,889 | 2.2% | 5,904,400 | -6.7% |
Ontario Hotel Statistics(2)
| Jan 2019 |
% change* |
Jan-Dec 2018 |
% change* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Occupancy | n/a | n/a | 70.0% | 0.8† |
| Hotel Average Daily Rate | n/a | n/a | $162.04 | 4.7% |
| Exchange Rates (3) | ||||
| USD | $1.33 | 7.0% | $1.30 | -0.1% |
| EUR | $1.52 | 0.1% | $1.53 | 4.5% |
| GBP | $1.72 | -0.2% | $1.73 | 3.5% |
| Employment in Tourism-Related Industries (4) | 1,829,900 | 3.2% | 1,825,900 | 1.7% |
| Travel Price Index (4) | 125.8 | 2.9% | 126.7 | 4.2% |
| Gas Prices (cents/litre) (5) | 101.8 | -17.8% | 125.3 | 11.2% |
* Percentage change over same period of previous year
† Change in percentage points
Sources:
- Statistics Canada
- CBRE Hotels Trends in the Hotel Industry National Market Report
- Bank of Canada
- Statistics Canada and Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
- Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
