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TOURISM
Tourist Visits Dip on U.S. travel
International tourist visits to B.C. edged back in
January to a seasonally-adjusted 357,250 visitors, down 1.6% from
December. The monthly decline reflected a 2.5% drop in the number of
U.S. visits, while the number of non-U.S. international visits edged up
0.5%.
Although total visits remain elevated relative to the
past two year period (excluding the Olympics), January marked a second
consecutive monthly decline in visits following a near two-year high in
November as U.S. visits pulled back.
International tourist activity in B.C. is expected to
see only modest improvements in 2011. While economic conditions continue
to strengthen in the U.S., which should provide more demand for business
and consumer travel, the elevated Canadian dollar and rising fuel costs,
will be limiting factors.
Central 1 Credit Union BC Economic Briefing Volume 17 Issue 11
Room
Revenues
Room revenues in British Columbia advanced 2.1% (seasonally
adjusted) in December. Vancouver Island/Coast (+5.6%), Thompson/Okanagan (+3.3%), Kootenay
(+5.4%), Cariboo (+9.2%), North Coast (+3.5%), Nechako (+4.6%) and
Northeast (+23.6%) drove the
provincial upswing. However, room receipts in Mainland/Southwest dropped
(−1.4%) for the second consecutive month.
BC Stats
Infoline Issue 11-15 April 15, 2011
In Mainland/Southwest, receipts jumped by one-fifth (+20.3%) in 2010,
and both Northeast (+12.8%) and
North Coast (+12.6%) also registered strong double-digit gains.
Meanwhile, Thompson-Okanagan (+6.8%), Nechako (+5.3%) and Cariboo
(+3.9%) all recorded more modest growth in room revenues, recovering at
least a portion of the ground lost during the recession in 2009.
However, accommodation operators in Kootenay (−2.9%) and Vancouver
Island/Coast (−1.2%) saw revenues slide for a third consecutive year.
BC Stats
Infoline Issue 11-14 April 8, 2011 |
