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$45 Million

Total Expenditure in Alberta (2019)

2.5 days

Average length of stay in Alberta (2023)

*Visitation and expenditure estimates are not available for the Netherlands for the 2021 calendar year.

Overview

Outbound travel from Netherlands continues to recover - despite the Dutch economy recently exiting a technical recession, economic headwinds remain, constraining the pace of recovery. Oxford Economics forecasts outbound travel to be 89% of 2019 levels in 2023 and returning to peak in 2025.

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Competitor Comparison
Air Travel
Economic Indicators
Traveller Characteristics

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Competitor Comparison

Indicator Quebec Ontario Alberta BC Canada
Visitation (2019) 22 Thousand 61 Thousand 43 Thousand 47 Thousand 187 Thousand
Share of total national visitation (2019) 12% 33% 23% 25% -
Expenditure (2019) $17 Million $58 Million $45 Million $81 Million $212 Million
Share of total national expenditure (2019) 8% 27% 21% 38% -
Average spend (2019) $780 $949 $1,040 $1,727 $1,133

Air Travel

Economic Indicators

Indicators 2020 2021 2022
GDP - per capita $52,093 $57,748 $55,479
GDP - YoY Growth Rate -0.6% 10.9% -3.9%
Exchange Rate (CAD/EUR) (annual average) $1.53 $1.48 $1.37
Unemployment Rate (annual average) 4.9% 4.2% 3.6%
Inflation Rate (annual average) 1.3% 2.7% 10.6%

Traveller Characteristics

Top barriers to travel
Economic environment 69%
Higher transport and accommodation costs 55%
Extreme weather events 28%
Geopolitical conflicts 24%
Staff shortages 22%
Other 14%
Purpose of visit

Breakdown of traveller spending