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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⁾

	Feb 2018	% change*	Jan-Feb 2018	% change*
Total Inbound	764,688	0.7%	1,531,160	-1.6%
From the U.S.	621,935	-1.7%	1,253,278	-3.1%
Same-day	338,037	-5.5%	704,628	-5.4%
Overnight	283,898	3.2%	548,650	0.1%
From overseas	142,753	12.6%	277,882	5.8%
U.K.	14,917	-2.5%	27,929	-4.0%
China	18,001	39.7%	33,637	16.3%
Germany	7,266	23.3%	13,136	12.5%
South Korea	5,537	-14.1%	13,232	-6.0%
Japan	6,077	-30.3%	11,154	-31.2%
India	8,367	82.1%	16,763	79.6%
France	6,106	-18.0%	10,412	-18.7%
Brazil	6,167	24.9%	12,528	7.3%
Mexico	8,246	40.0%	17,094	33.5%
Total Outbound	2,054,871	5.2%	4,282,055	2.4%
To the U.S.	1,461,714	6.4%	3,042,619	4.3%
Same-day	799,512	3.4%	1,653,403	3.0%
Overnight	662,202	10.2%	1,389,216	5.9%
To overseas	593,157	2.3%	1,239,436	-1.9%

Ontario Hotel Statistics⁽²⁾

	Feb 2018	% change*	Jan-Feb 2018	% change*
Hotel Occupancy	61.0%	1.7†	58.1%	2.4†
Hotel Average Daily Rate	$147.35	5.5%	$144.69	5.2%
Exchange Rates (3)
USD	$1.26	-4.0%	$1.25	-4.9%
EUR	$1.55	11.3%	$1.53	9.7%
GBP	$1.76	7.4%	$1.74	6.4%
Employment in Tourism-Related Industries (4)	1,773,200	3.4%	1,792,500	4.8%
Travel Price Index (4)	123.6	3.6%	122.9	3.6%
Gas Prices (cents/litre) (5)	107.0	21.7%	109.3	21.2%

* 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