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Among the major overseas tourism markets, Brazil contributed the most to this growth (up 3,100 trips from a month earlier), followed by the United Kingdom (+2,400) and China (+1,900). Most other major overseas tourism markets also recorded increases in travel to Canada compared with July. Two notable exceptions were Japan ( -0 .9%) and India ( -9 .7%).
In the other direction, trips made by Canadian residents to the United States rose 1.1% in August to 4.5 million trips. A 2.7% increase in overnight international plane tickets trips accounted for much of the growth, rising to 1.9 million trips. Overnight trips by car (+2.3%) and by plane (+2.2%) also contributed to this increase.
The August 2014 issue of International Travel, Advance Information , Vol. 30, no. 8 ( Catalogue number 66-001-P ), is now available from the Browse by k ey resource module of our website under Publications .
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