Table 3.2
Same-Day
Travel Between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico
by Transportation Mode: 2000–2004
(Thousands of visits)
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Percent change, 2000–2004 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| SAME-DAY TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES | |||||||||||
| Canadian residents | 28,000 | 100.0 | 24,481 | 100.0 | 21,533 | 100.0 | 21,485 | 100.0 | 22,191 | 100.0 | –20.7 |
| Air | 103 | 0.4 | 95 | 0.4 | 56 | 0.3 | 53 | 0.2 | 57 | 0.3 | –44.7 |
| Land | |||||||||||
| Motor vehicles | 27,783 | 99.2 | 24,636 | 99.2 | 21,388 | 99.3 | 21,348 | 99.4 | 22,049 | 99.4 | –20.6 |
| Personal vehicles | 27,105 | 96.8 | 24,047 | 96.8 | 20,853 | 96.8 | 20,864 | 97.1 | 21,520 | 97.0 | –20.6 |
| Intercity and charter buses | 678 | 2.4 | 589 | 2.4 | 535 | 2.5 | 484 | 2.3 | 529 | 2.4 | –22.0 |
| Intercity rail | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Other1 | 114 | 0.4 | 110 | 0.4 | 89 | 0.4 | 84 | 0.4 | 85 | 0.4 | –25.4 |
| Mexican residents | 116,189 | 100.0 | 111,662 | 100.0 | 112,685 | 100.0 | 111,970 | 100.0 | 116,409 | 100.0 | 0.2 |
| Air | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Land | 116,189 | 100.0 | 111,662 | 100.0 | 112,685 | 100.0 | 111,970 | 100.0 | 116,409 | 100.0 | 0.2 |
| Motor vehicles | 92,179 | 79.3 | 87,497 | 78.4 | 88,223 | 78.3 | 87,362 | 78.0 | 91,475 | 78.6 | –0.8 |
| Personal vehicles | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Intercity and charter buses | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Intercity rail | NA | N | NA | N | NA | N | NA | N | NA | N | N |
| Other1 | 24,010 | 20.7 | 24,165 | 21.6 | 24,462 | 21.7 | 24,608 | 22.0 | 24,934 | 21.4 | 3.8 |
| SAME-DAY TRAVEL FROM THE UNITED STATES | |||||||||||
| U.S. residents to Canada | 28,805 | 100.0 | 27,301 | 100.0 | 24,710 | 100.0 | 21,278 | 100.0 | 19,539 | 100.0 | –32.2 |
| Air | 533 | 1.9 | 446 | 1.6 | 434 | 1.8 | 411 | 1.9 | 397 | 2.0 | –25.5 |
| Land | |||||||||||
| Motor vehicles | 27,719 | 96.3 | 26,289 | 96.3 | 23,739 | 96.1 | 20,477 | 96.2 | 18,695 | 95.7 | –32.6 |
| Personal vehicles | 26,646 | 92.6 | 25,313 | 92.8 | 22,817 | 92.4 | 19,630 | 92.2 | 17,846 | 91.3 | –33.0 |
| Intercity and charter buses | 1,073 | 3.7 | 976 | 3.6 | 922 | 3.7 | 817 | 3.8 | 849 | 4.3 | –20.9 |
| Intercity rail | 14 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | –14.3 |
| Other1 | 539 | 1.9 | 552 | 2.0 | 524 | 2.1 | 408 | 1.9 | 434 | 2.2 | –19.5 |
| U.S. residents to Mexico | 81,565 | 100.0 | 77,103 | 100.0 | 75,350 | 100.0 | 68,690 | 100.0 | 72,139 | 100.0 | –11.6 |
| Air | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| Land | 81,565 | 100.0 | 77,103 | 100.0 | 75,350 | 100.0 | 68,690 | 100.0 | 72,139 | 100.0 | –11.6 |
| Motor vehicles | 66,160 | 81.1 | 62,440 | 81.0 | 60,500 | 80.3 | 55,129 | 80.3 | 57,368 | 79.5 | –13.3 |
| Personal vehicles | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Intercity and charter buses | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Intercity rail | NA | N | NA | N | NA | N | NA | N | NA | N | N |
| Other1 | 15,405 | 18.9 | 14,663 | 19.0 | 14,850 | 19.7 | 13,561 | 19.7 | 14,771 | 20.5 | –4.1 |
1 Includes boaters, pedestrians and cyclists.
KEY: N = Data are nonexistent. NA = Data are unavailable.
NOTES: The data in this table vary from those in tables 1.1 and 1.3. The data differs from table 3.4 because they cover same-day travel only and U.S., Mexican, and Canadian travelers only. U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico same-day travel data presented in this table are from Canadian and Mexican government agencies. These agencies make adjustments and revisions to their data at the modal level. Table 1.1 and 1.3 data are from the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, and are not adjusted at the modal level.
SOURCES: Statistics Canada, International Travel: Travel Between Canada and Other Countries (Touriscope), Catalogue No. 66201-XIE (Ottawa, Ontario: various years). Statistics Canada; Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division; special tabulations (Ottawa, Ontario: various years). Banco de México, Dirección General de Investigación Económica, Dirección de Medición Económica, special tabulations, (Mexico City, D.F.:various years).