International Travel Survey ITS Lotfi Chahdi Tourism Statistics

International Travel Survey (ITS) Lotfi Chahdi Tourism Statistics Program Statistics Canada June 2008 1

International Travel Survey: 2 components l l 2 Frontier counts – Monthly production cycle Questionnaire surveys – Quarterly production cycle l Mail-Back Questionnaires l Air-Exit Survey of Overseas Visitors

Objectives l l l 3 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

Users l l l l l 4 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)

The frontier counts Main forms used by CBSA l l l 5 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

Vehicle traffic counts l l 6 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

E 62 Forms l E 62, E 62 T (commercial Trucks), E 62 B (Bus) – – l l 7 US vehicles entering Canada Canadian vehicles returning to Canada Automobiles recorded by length of stay No length of stay for the trucks and motorcycles

E 62 Forms (Contd. ) l l l 8 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

PALS (Primary Automated Lookout System) l Electronic data – – 9 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

Capture area l Operations and Integration Division (OID) – – 10 Registration system Editing Capture Quality Control

Verification Procedures l l 11 Reports Analysis Edits Imputation and Estimation Revisions

Data Correction and acceptance l l Peel Production l 12 Correction Cycle Acceptance

Changes currently underway l 13 Introduction of a new computer system, Integrated Primary Inspection Lane (IPIL) to replace PALS at large land ports

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 – l 14

Data quality l Frontier counts – 15 Estimates are very reliable (C. V. lower than 5%)

ITS Publications and outputs l l l l 16 Released in the Daily Canadian statistics CANSIM Annual publication No 66 -201 Monthly publication No 66 -001 P Microdata files Special requests

How to obtain more information l l 17 Statistics Canada website: Client services – phone (613) 951 -9169 – phone 1 800 307 -3382 – tourism@statcan. ca – fax (613) 951 -2909 www. statcan. ca

Questions Thank you 18