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Tourism Quick Facts, 2007


World Tourism1
Total Tourism Receipts ($B) US$ 4,854
As a percent of world GDP 9.0%
Tourism Value-Added ($B) US$ 1,830
As a percent of world GDP 3.4%
Tourism Employment ('000 of jobs) 79,131
As a percent of world employment 2.8%
Tourism Foreign Earnings ($B) US$ 1,013
As a percent of world exports 6.0%
Consumer Spending on Tourism 2 ($B) US$ 2,920
As a percent of total personal spending 9.2%



Ontario Tourism3
Total Tourism Receipts ($B) CAN$ 22.1
As a percent of provincial GDP4 3.8%
Tourism Value Added ($B) CAN$ 11.3
As a percent of provincial GDP4 1.9 %
Tourism Employment ('000 of jobs) 200.9
As a percent of provincial employment5 3.0%
Tourism Labour Income ($B) CAN$ 7.0
As a percent of provincial labour income 4 2.2%
Provincial Tourism Tax Revenues ($B) CAN$ 2.6
As a percent of provincial tax revenues6 3.7%
As a percent of provincial revenues 6 2.6%
Municipal Tourism Tax Revenues ($M) CAN$ 571
Federal Tourism Tax Revenues ($B) CAN$ 3.2
Tourism's Foreign Earnings ($B) CAN$ 6.1
As a percent of Ontario’s total international exports 3.0%
Rank of tourism as an Ontario export 8
Ontarians' Spending on Tourism 2 ($B) CAN$ 25.2
As a percent of total personal spending 7 7.5%
As a percent of personal disposable income 8 7.1%



Sources of Ontario's Tourism Receipts9
Ontario U.S. Overseas Canadian Provinces
63% 17% 13% 8%



Ontario's Share of Spending by:
Americans in Canada10 Americans outside the US11 Overseas' in Canada10 World's international Travellers12 Canadians in Canada10 Ontarians' Anywhere in the world13
43% 3% 35% 1% 36% 45%



World's Top International Tourism 14...
Destinations Earners Spenders
International Arrivals 15 (millions) International Receipts 16 ($B) International Expenditure 16 ($B)
1. France 81.9 1. É.-U. US $96.7 1. Allemagne US $82.9
2. Espagne 59.2 2. Espagne US $57.8 2. É.-U. US $76.2
3. É.-U. 56 3. France US $54.2 3. R.-U. US $72.3
 
11. Canada 17.9 12. Canada US $15.5 8. Canada US $24.8
N/A Ontario 8.5 N/A Ontario US $4.1 N/A Ontario US $9.2



NOTES:
  1. 2008 Travel and Tourism Economic Research, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
  2. Excludes spending on business travel
  3. Travel Survey of the Residents of Canada (TSRC) and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada; Economic Impact Model, Ontario Ministry of Tourism; Ontario Economic Accounts, Ontario Ministry of Finance
  4. Ontario Economic Accounts Table 1, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Jan 2009
  5. Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada
  6. 2008 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Jan 2009
  7. Ontario Economic Accounts Table 2, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Jan 2009
  8. Ontario Economic Accounts Table 4, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Jan 2009
  9. Travel Survey of the Residents of Canada (TSRC) and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2007
  10. International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2007, includes spending on Canadian fares but not on foreign fares. Excludes students and commuters.
  11. U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2007 U.S. Resident Spending Abroad and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2007
  12. Tourism Highlights, 2008 Edition, World Tourism Organization (WTO) and International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada, 2007
  13. 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.
  14. Tourism Highlights 2008 Edition, World Tourist Organization (WTO), Ontario: International Travel Survey (ITS), Statistics Canada
  15. Excludes same-day visitors
  16. Excludes payments on transport fares but includes spending by business travellers

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