Number of overseas visitors to Canada nearly doubled from last year, reaching 281,400 in March
Data from Statistics Canada reveals that the variety of abroad residents to Canada practically doubled, reaching 281,400 in March 2023 whereas this quantity was 148,900 guests final yr in March.
While journey to Canada continues to be under pre-pandemic ranges, the StatCan report launched Tuesday reveals that Canada is making vital progress welcoming again vacationers, having achieved roughly four-fifths (81.13 per cent) of the pre-pandemic ranges of abroad guests throughout the identical month in 2019.
When it involves the origin international locations of abroad guests to Canada, information from March 2023 reveals that over two-fifths (114,700) of arrived from Europe, up from 68,800 in March 2022 and reaching four-fifths (83.7 per cent) of the extent seen in March 2019.
Of the entire abroad guests 72,400 of them got here kind Asia, over half (58.5 per cent) of the variety of arrivals in March 2019.
The information additionally signifies that there have been roughly 1.1 million journeys made by U.S. residents. This determine is sort of two and a half occasions larger than the variety of journeys taken by U.S. residents in March 2022 (465,200) and accounts for about three-quarters (74.4 %) of the journeys made in March 2019.
According to the info, of 1.1 million U.S. arrivals, 779,400 have been by car, and 52.6 per cent of those have been same-day returns. It reveals that the variety of arrivals by car additionally has elevated by two and a half occasions in contrast with the identical month in 2022 (310,300) and reached over three-quarters (76.3 per cent) in March 2019.
The variety of Canadians who made a return from U.S. journeys has reached 3.3 million which reveals a big enhance of two and a half occasions in comparison with March 2022 (1.3 million journeys) and 82.6 per cent of the extent recorded throughout the identical month in 20219.
The report additionally reveals that of the entire return journeys by Canadian residents in March 2023, two million journeys have been by car, and two-thirds (61.1 per cent) of which have been on the identical day. In addition, 1.3 million by air (greater than doubled than the identical month in 2022) and 14.0 per cent enhance in comparison with March 2019.
StatCan says that this marks the seventh consecutive month through which the variety of return journeys by air has surpassed the pre-pandemic stage, ranging from September 2022.
When it involves Canadian residents who traveled abroad, information reveals that 915,200 Canadian residents had return journeys from abroad in March 2023, up 33.6 per cent evaluating the identical time final yr and corresponded to virtually two-thirds (63.3 per cent) in 2019.
Reporting for this story was paid for via The Afghan Journalists in Residence Project funded by Meta.
