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$45 Million

Total Expenditure in Alberta (2019)

43 Thousand

Total Person-Visits to Alberta (2019)

Overview

Outbound travel fell to 59% below 2019 levels in 2021 due to worldwide border closures brought in to curtail rising infection rates. Recovery is expected to get underway throughout 2023, with vaccine roll- outs allowing for the easing of restrictions, with Netherlands outbound travel set to improve to 25% below 2019 levels. High inflation and weakening economic growth is likely to dampen the near-term travel recovery however Oxford Economics anticipates outbound travel will return to 2019 levels by 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% 9.6%

Traveller Characteristics

Seasonality (2019)





Purpose of Visit (2019)