Quick Facts 2009
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World Tourism1
Total Tourism Receipts ($B)
As a percent of world GDP
Tourism Value-Added ($B)
As a percent of world GDP
Tourism Employment (‘000 of jobs)
As a percent of world employment
Tourism Foreign Earnings ($B)
As a percent of world exports
Consumer Spending on Tourism2 ($B)
As a percent of total personal spending
US$ 3,360
5.8%
US$ 5,409
8.8%
252,720
2.8%
US$ 1,033
6.5%
US$ 2,632
5.8%
Ontario's Tourism3
Total Tourism Receipts ($B)
As a percent of provincial GDP
Tourism Value Added ($B)
As a percent of provincial GDP
Tourism Employment ('000 of jobs)
As a percent of provincial employment
Tourism Labour Income ($B)
As a percent of provincial labour income4
Provincial Tourism Tax Revenues5 ($B)
As a percent of provincial tax revenues
As a percent of provincial revenues6
Municipal Tourism Tax Revenues ($B)
Federal Tourism Tax Revenues ($B)
Tourism's Foreign Earnings ($B)
As a percent of Ontario's total international exports
Rank of tourism as an Ontario export
Ontarians' Spending on Tourism2 ($B)
As a percent of total personal spending7
As a percent of personal disposable income8
CAN$ 21.0
3.6%
CAN$ 19.1
3.3 %
315.0
4.8%
CAN$ 12.0
3.7%
CAN$ 3.7
5.7%
3.9%
CAN$ 0.96
CAN$ 5.0
CAN$ 5.1
4.3%
8
CAN$ 26.0
7.4%
6.9%
Sources of Ontario's tourism receipts9:
Ontario |
U.S. |
Overseas |
Canadian Provinces |
|
69% |
14% |
10% |
7% |
Ontario's share of spending by:
Americans in Canada19 |
Americans outside the US11 |
Overseas' in Canada10 |
World's international Travellers12 |
Canadians in Canada13 |
Ontarians' Anywhere in the world |
|
42.7% |
2.5% |
31.9% |
0.4% |
32.7% |
43.8% |
World's Top International Tourism14
Destinations |
Earners |
Spenders |
|||
|
International Arrivals15(millions) |
International Receipts16($B) |
International Expenditure16($B) |
|||
|
1. France |
74.2 |
1. USA |
US$ 93.9 |
1. Germany |
US$ 81.2 |
|
2. USA |
54.9 |
2. Spain |
US$ 52.3 |
2. USA |
US$ 73.2 |
|
3. Spain |
52.2 |
3. France |
US$ 49.4 |
3. UK |
US$50.3 |
|
11.Canada |
15.8 |
12.Canada |
US$ 13.7 |
8. Canada |
US$ 24.2 |
|
N/A Ontario |
13.5 |
N/A Ontario |
US$ 4.5 |
N/A Ontario |
US$ 9.2 |
NOTES
- 2009 Travel and Tourism Economic Research, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
- It also includes the impact on GDP of capital spending, while Ontario’s GDP impact does not include any capital spending
- Excludes spending on business travel
- Travel Survey of the Residents of Canada (TSRC) and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada
- Tourism Economic Impact Model, Ontario Ministry of Tourism and culture
- Ontario Economic Accounts, Ontario Ministry of Finance, July 2011
- Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada
- 2011 Ontario Budget, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Mar 2011
- Industry Canada, 2011
- International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2009, includes spending on Canadian fares but not on foreign fares. Excludes students and commuters.
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2009 U.S. Resident Spending Abroad and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2009
- Tourism Highlights, 2010 Edition, World Tourism Organization (WTO) and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2009
- Travel Survey of the Residents of Canada (TSRC) and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2007. Spending by Ontarians anywhere in the world includes all spending on travel by Ontarians in Ontario, in the rest of Canada and outside of Canada, excluding business travel spending. Includes fares paid to domestic and foreign carriers. Ontario’s share of spending by Ontarians anywhere in the world includes spending in Ontario, and spending on Canadian fares to travel outside of Ontario.
- Tourism Highlights 2010 Edition, World Tourist Organization (WTO), Ontario: International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada
- Excludes same-day visitors
- Excludes payments on transport fares but includes spending by business travellers
