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Mexico and Cuba are Preferred Destinations For Canadians |
 Mexico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic were the preferred touristic destinations by Canadians during the 2008 first trimester according to Canadian Stats.
Between January and March more than 590 thousand Canadians visited Mexico, a growth of 7.2 percent over the 2007 first trimester.
During this period Cuba welcomed 505 thousand Canadian tourists, a growth of 35.4 percent over last year’s period. And the Dominican Republic too the third place with 405 thousand Canadian tourists with a 7.8 increase.
These 3 touristic destinations alone received in the first trimester more than half of the total Canadian tourist’s visits made to other countries other than the United Stated, according to the Canadian report.
The rise on the Canadian dollar in the first trimester and the hard winter in the majority of Canada explain in great part the rise in tourist travel outside the Canadian soil in the first trimester.
While as tourists visiting Canada was lower on the first trimester with a 2.0 percent loss over last year’s period, totalizing around 2 million and 403 thousand visitors, official sources said.
This loss is due to the number of Americans visiting Canada, 1 million and 725 thousand, representing a -3.6 percent loss, while a 2.2 percent rise was registered with tourism from the rest of the World.
The rise on Canadian travelers’ outsider Canada and the loss on the number of tourists visiting the country continue to aggravate the deficit of international travels of Canada.
Since the Canadian dollar started to rise in value, the tourist deficit has been on the rise and if this tendency keeps up through the second trimester the 2008 deficit could be over 10 thousand million dollars.
On the third trimester of this year, a low season for ‘sun destinations’, a significant rise on reservations according to travel agencies due to the particularly rainy weather in July in Quebec and Ontario.
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