BTS | Table 8. Canada-U.S./U.S.-Canada Travel by Mode of Transportation

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Table 8. Canada-U.S./U.S.-Canada Travel by Mode of Transportation

(Thousands of roundtrips)

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	1990		1996		1999		Percentage change, 1990-1999
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Percentage change, 1990-1999
Canadian resident overnight travel to the United States	17,262	100.0	15,301	100.0	14,116	100.0	-18.2
Air	4,039	23.4	4,496	29.4	4,962	35.2	22.9
Land
Motor vehicles	12,770	74.0	10,251	67.0	8,563	60.7	-32.9
Personal vehicles	12,164	70.5	9,579	62.6	7,869	55.7	-35.3
Intercity and charter buses	606	3.5	672	4.4	694	4.9	14.5
Intercity rail	36	0.2	33	0.2	35	0.2	-2.8
Other¹	416	2.4	521	3.4	556	3.9	33.7
Canadian resident same-day travel to the United States	53,171	100.0	37,398	100.0	28,081	100.0	-47.2
Air	137	0.3	124	0.3	150	0.5	9.5
Land
Motor vehicles	52,629	99.0	37,159	99.4	27,807	99.0	-47.2
Personal vehicles	51,829	97.5	36,267	97.0	27,107	96.5	-47.7
Intercity and charter buses	800	1.5	892	2.4	700	2.5	-12.5
Intercity rail	Nonexistent	Nonexistent	Nonexistent	Nonexistent	Nonexistent	Nonexistent	Nonexistent
Other¹	405	0.8	115	0.3	124	0.4	-69.4
U.S. resident overnight travel to Canada	12,252	100.0	12,909	100.0	15,180	100.0	23.9
Air	2,372	19.4	3,047	23.6	3,760	24.8	58.5
Land
Motor vehicles	9,103	74.3	9,097	70.5	10,419	68.6	14.5
Personal vehicles	8,381	68.4	8,325	64.5	9,609	63.3	14.7
Intercity and charter buses	722	5.9	772	6.0	810	5.3	12.2
Intercity rail	Nonexistent	Nonexistent	72	0.6	101	0.7	Nonexistent
Other¹	778	6.3	692	5.4	900	5.9	15.7
U.S. resident same-day travel to Canada	22,482	100.0	25,563	100.0	29,450	100.0	31.0
Air	165	0.7	365	1.4	525	1.8	218.2
Land
Motor vehicles	21,412	95.2	24,700	96.6	28,315	96.1	32.2
Personal vehicles	20,692	92.0	23,804	93.1	27,318	92.8	32.0
Intercity and charter buses	720	3.2	896	3.5	997	3.4	38.5
Intercity rail	Nonexistent	Nonexistent	6	Negligible	15	Nonexistent	Nonexistent
Other¹	905	4.0	492	1.9	595	2.0	-34.3

¹Other includes boaters, pedestrians, and cyclists.

SOURCE: Statistics Canada, International Travel: Travel Between Canada and Other Countries (Touriscope) , Catalogue No. 66-201-XPB (Ottawa, Ontario: Various years).