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Tourism

1. Tourism in Canada

2. Tourist Movement Patterns

3. World Heritage Sites

Canadian Tourist Destinations

• Can you identify this tourist destination?















Tourism Economy in Canada

• Tourism spending in Canada reached $82.1 billion in 2003, a 2.0% decline compared to 2002.

• Canadian residents accounted for 70% of the money spent on tourism in Canada, while foreigners accounted for the remaining 30%

• Tourism accounted for 2% of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• Foreigners made 17 million overnight trips to Canada in 2003, a 13% drop over 2002.

• Americans accounted for 14 million of those trips

Tourism Economy in Canada

• Why is there a decline in visitors to Canada in 2003?

Who is Coming to Canada?

• Germany

• Dominican Republic

• Cuba

• France

• United Kingdom

• Mexico

• United States of America

• Australia

• Austria

• China

• Japan

• Switzerland

• Spain

• Netherlands

• Italy

Where are Canadians Going?

• What do you think are the top ten most visited tourist destinations in Canada?

• Make a list and explain why it is a “tourist destination”.

• Rank your destinations according to popularity.

Where are Canadians Going?

• Niagara Falls

• Parliament Hill

• CN Tower

• Banff National Park

• Ville du Quebec

• West Edmonton Mall

World Heritage Sites

• The World Heritage List includes 812 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.

• These include 628 cultural, 160 natural, and 24 mixed properties in 137 States Parties.



World Heritage Sites in Canada




• Cultural – Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (1981) – Historic District of Québec (1985) – L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (1978) – Old Town Lunenburg (1995) – SGaang Gwaii (Anthony Island) (1981)


• Natural – Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (1984) – Dinosaur Provincial Park (1979) – Gros Morne National Park (1987) – Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay /

Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979) – Miguasha National Park (1999) – Nahanni National Park (1978) – Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (1995) – Wood Buffalo National Park (1983)

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