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International Travel Survey (ITS)
Lotfi Chahdi
Tourism Statistics Program
Statistics Canada
June 2008
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International Travel Survey: 2 components
Frontier counts– Monthly production cycle
Questionnaire surveys– Quarterly production cycle
Mail-Back QuestionnairesAir-Exit Survey of Overseas Visitors
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Objectives
Collect data for the international travel account (receipts, payments and balance)
Collect data on international travellers and their trips
Meet the requirements of the Canadian System of National Accounts
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Users
Statistics Canada (International travel account, Tourism satellite account, National tourism indicators)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Canadian Tourism Commission Provincial and municipal tourism departments and
agencies Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) United States Department of Commerce Tourism industry Researchers and associations International organizations (WTO, OECD, PATA)
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The frontier counts Main forms used by CBSA
E-62 Entry Tally PALS (Primary Automated Lookout System) E-63 Commercial and private craft/passenger
and crew arrivals CANPASS telephone reporting system E-311 Custom Declaration Card
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Vehicle traffic counts
Census counts 128 land border crossings Number of autos, trucks, and other (motorcycles,
bicycles, snowmobiles) are included Number of buses and trains are not counted
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E62 Forms
E62, E62T (commercial Trucks), E62B (Bus)
– US vehicles entering Canada
– Canadian vehicles returning to Canada Automobiles recorded by length of stay No length of stay for the trucks and motorcycles
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E62 Forms (Contd.)
Number of US travellers and Canadian travellers returning from US only by automobile, bus, train and foot
Number of overseas travellers and Canadian travellers returning from overseas via the US by land
Length of stay for US travellers and Canadian travellers returning from US only
Length of stay for overseas travellers Crews for commercial trucks and trains
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PALS (Primary Automated Lookout System)
Electronic data – By Type of vehicle “A” automobile “M”
motorcycle and “O” Other– Number of travellers within the vehicle by
country of residency and length of stay
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Capture area
Operations and Integration Division (OID)– Registration system – Editing– Capture– Quality Control
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Changes currently underway
Introduction of a new computer system, Integrated Primary Inspection Lane (IPIL) to replace PALS at large land ports
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Estimates produced
– Number of vehicles travelling between Canada and the US
– Number of trips by Canadians returning from the US or overseas countries by port of entry, mode of transport and length of stay
– Number of trips by non residents to Canada by country of residence, port of entry, mode of transport and length of stay
The statistics are produced monthly and released 45 days after the end of the reference month
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ITS Publications and outputs
Released in the Daily Canadian statistics CANSIM Annual publication No 66-201 Monthly publication No 66-001P Microdata files Special requests
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How to obtain more information
Statistics Canada website: www.statcan.ca Client services
– phone (613) 951-9169– phone 1 800 307-3382– [email protected]– fax (613) 951-2909