October 2007 Tourism Snapshot now available

	January 9, 2008
	Despite the weakened American dollar, 940,680 Americans travelled to Canada in the month of October 2007 (+1.8% over Oct. 2006). Non-automobile trips increased at a higher rate (+3.2%) than automobile trips (+0.8%). Following a 1.1% growth in September 2007, visits from the Canadian Tourism Commission's key overseas markets fell slightly in October 2007 (-0.5% overnight trips over Oct. 2006). Visits from non-US international markets increased for the fourth consecutive year (+3.1%) to reach 4.0 million in Jan.-Oct. 2007, while visits from the US reached 12.0 million (down 2.9% over the first 10 months of 2006). These and other statistics are available in the October 2007 Tourism Snapshot, available at www.canada.travel/research.
	Author: TOURISM staff Organization: Canadian Tourism Commission