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Canadians travelling overseas in droves, another record set in September

OTTAWA — Even though Canadians took 0.7% fewer trips abroad in September compared with August, Canadian travel to overseas countries, the type most likely to be sold through travel agents, continued its long-term upward trend.

In fact it increased 4.5% to 750,000 trips, the highest number since record-keeping began in 1972. This replaces the previous high reached in July.

The overall decline was the result of a drop in visits to the United States. Canadian residents took 3.7 million trips to the United States in September, down 1.7% from August.

Same-day car trips to the United States were down 1.6%, while overnight travel south of the border fell 2.0%.

In the opposite direction, inbound travel to Canada edged down 0.4% to 2.1 million trips, the result of a decline from countries other than the United States.

Travel to Canada by residents of overseas countries fell 2.3%, while American travel to Canada was virtually unchanged from August.

Overnight travel to Canada was down from nine of the top 12 overseas markets. The biggest declines were all from Asian markets, including China (-13.1%), India (-11.8%), South Korea (-9.4%) and Japan (-9.3%).

American residents made 634,000 same-day car trips to Canada, up 0.5% from August. The number of overnight trips to Canada from the United States by car was down 0.2%, while overnight plane travel was up 0.9%.  Courtesy of Travelweek, November 19, 2010

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