Transat’s External Environment – June 2, 2016 Newsletter – Report

CONFERENCE BOARD OF CANADA 

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  • Canadians made more than 8.1 million overnight trips to the U.S. and other destinations during the first quarter of 2016. Of this total, an estimated 6.7 million trips were for leisure purposes.
  • Overseas leisure trips continue to post strong monthly gains (+6.1%), while leisure travel to the United States has declined by more than half a million trips (-13.3%) so far this year.
  • Direct arrivals from Canada to select Florida destinations surpassed 737 thousand passengers in the first quarter of 2016.
  • Canadians made almost 583 thousand visits to Europe in the first quarter of 2016 (based on estimates from 24 countries). This represents an increase of 5.4 per cent compared to 2015.
  • The volume of travel to the Caribbean and Mexico in the first quarter of 2016 was similar to that seen one year ago.