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/ Canadian Government Executive
// June 2016
Where Canadian vacation dollars go
We thought it might never come, but summer is almost here.
CGE
’s Dashboard takes a quick snapshot of Canadians on vacation.
Canadians would love to visit must-see destinations
overseas, according to a 2012 Royal Bank of Canada
Travel Rewards poll.
The top five destination of vacationing Canadians:
Top tourist landmarks for Canadians:
Sources:
Statistics Canada, 2013
where do Canadians want to go?
Canadians on vacation
Country
Visits
Nights stayed Dollars spent
(in thousands) (in thousands) ($ millions)
United States
23,406
237,849
20,849
Mexico
1,664
22,436
1,844
United Kingdom 1,051
12,582
1,210
France
1,036
12,542
1,451
Cuba
798
8,329
689
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
18%
The pyramids
of Egypt
11%
Machu
Pichu in Peru
9%
The
Canadian
Rockies
9%
The Great Wall
of China
10%
Disney
World
in Florida