BC Weekly Domestic Visitor Insights
Measuring Canadian Travel Patterns
Domestic Overnight Visitors - Year over Year Variation 2022 - 2023
September 13, 2023
The Measuring Canadian Travel Patterns research data created by Environics Analytics helps the Canadian travel and tourism industry understand the impact of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to Domestic Overnight Visitors within Canada, its provinces, territories, and tourism regions.
Notes:
The recent wildfires in Kelowna and West Kelowna were devastating and the heat was felt across the province resulting in a provincial state of emergency. We are closely monitoring the situation and the impact from this tragic incident will be observed through the forthcoming weekly and monthly reports. For more information on travel restrictions and the state of emergency, please use the following link: https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/provincial-state-of-emergency-august-18-2023/
Data is based on the movement of mobile devices travelling within BC from BC or the rest of Canada who has spent one night 60 kms from their mobile device's home location. Therefore it includes all mobile movement - work and contractor travel, relocations within six months' time, visiting friends and relatives and people moving around their own regions.
The baseline of comparison is 2022, with percentages above 0% indicating higher rates of visitation in 2023 than 2022, and percentages below 0% indicating lower rates of visitation in 2023 than 2022.
Weekly comparisons may not reflect the exact same date between the two comparison years, especially now they are 3 years apart. Therefore holiday weekends may fall on different weeks and result in higher peaks in the current year.
METHODOLOGY
On a daily, weekly and monthly basis, STR processes performance data from hotels all around the world. This data is submitted straight from the source: chain headquarters, management companies, owners and directly from independent hotels. The data is checked for accuracy and for adherence to our reporting guidelines.
Data is aggregated and compared on a weekly basis versus the previous year and week.
STR currently collects data for more than 75,000 hotels around the world.
