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Travel Markets Outlook: Metropolitan Focus—Spring 2018 The Conference Board of Canada, 75 pages, June 27, 2018 Report by Greg Hermus , Ryan Zhuang

Travel Markets Outlook: Metropolitan Focus—Spring 2018

The Conference Board of Canada, 75 pages, June 27, 2018
Report by Greg Hermus , Ryan Zhuang

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This report offers an in-depth analysis and forecast for tourism activity in Canada and in nine major metropolitan areas. The report also provides an outlook for domestic, United States, and key overseas markets such as Europe and Asia. A companion publication, Travel Markets Outlook: National Focus, forecasts tourism activity in the provinces and Yukon. Document Highlights On the heels of another year of solid growth in 2017, tourism activity in Canada is poised to expand a further 2.6 per cent in 2018. While domestic overnight visits are projected to expand by a modest 2.2 per cent, visits from overseas are forecast to surge a further 6.7 per cent, thanks in part to 2018 being the Canada–China Year of Tourism. Although high gas prices are significantly increasing the cost of travel, overnight visits from the U.S. are still projected to advance 3.4 per cent this year and continue to expand at a moderate pace over the forecast horizon. Despite some price relief offered by new ultra-low-cost carriers, travel prices are still expected to keep increasing at a faster pace than overall consumer prices over the duration of the forecast period. Table of Contents Tourism Outlook Canada United States Overseas Travel Prices Canada Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance Halifax Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance Québec City Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance Montréal Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance Ottawa–Gatineau Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance Toronto Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance St. Catharines–Niagara Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance Winnipeg Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance Calgary Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance Edmonton Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance Vancouver Domestic United States Overseas Overall Performance

This report offers an in-depth analysis and forecast for tourism activity in Canada and in nine major metropolitan areas. The report also provides an outlook for domestic, United States, and key overseas markets such as Europe and Asia. A companion publication, Travel Markets Outlook: National Focus, forecasts tourism activity in the provinces and Yukon.

Document Highlights

On the heels of another year of solid growth in 2017, tourism activity in Canada is poised to expand a further 2.6 per cent in 2018. While domestic overnight visits are projected to expand by a modest 2.2 per cent, visits from overseas are forecast to surge a further 6.7 per cent, thanks in part to 2018 being the Canada–China Year of Tourism.
Although high gas prices are significantly increasing the cost of travel, overnight visits from the U.S. are still projected to advance 3.4 per cent this year and continue to expand at a moderate pace over the forecast horizon.
Despite some price relief offered by new ultra-low-cost carriers, travel prices are still expected to keep increasing at a faster pace than overall consumer prices over the duration of the forecast period.

Tourism Outlook

Canada
United States
Overseas
Travel Prices

Canada

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

Halifax

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

Québec City

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

Montréal

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

Ottawa–Gatineau

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

Toronto

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

St. Catharines–Niagara

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

Winnipeg

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

Calgary

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

Edmonton

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

Vancouver

Domestic
United States
Overseas
Overall Performance

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