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5 SUMMARY OF CHARACTERISTICS OF VISITOR ARRIVALS FROM MAJOR MARKETS -
JANUARY - AUGUST 2005
CHARACTERISTICS
TOTAL USA CANADA
NO. % %∆ NO. % %∆ NO. % %∆
MODE OF ARRIVAL 5,876,210 100.0 8.4 249,312 100.0 10.7 49,307 100.0 11.0
Air 4,115,152 70.0 10.4 213,567 85.7 12.3 40,235 81.6 14.2
Sea 889,719 15.1 2.9 9,951 4.0 4.4 1,618 3.3 -11.5
Land 871,339 14.8 5.4 25,794 10.3 0.8 7,454 15.1 1.2
GENDER 5,876,210 100.0 8.4 249,312 100.0 10.7 49,307 100.0 11.0
Male 3,160,362 53.8 6.5 162,448 65.2 8.1 27,374 55.5 9.6
Female 2,425,776 41.3 7.0 77,514 31.1 14.5 20,198 41.0 11.3
Not Stated 290,072 4.9 57.7 9,350 3.8 27.3 1,735 3.5 32.4
AGE GROUP (YEARS) 5,876,210 100.0 8.4 249,312 100.0 10.7 49,307 100.0 11.0
14 & Below 464,587 7.9 11.9 19,568 7.8 10.4 4,163 8.4 13.1
15 - 19 188,255 3.2 13.5 5,879 2.4 14.3 1,773 3.6 3.1
20 - 24 407,205 6.9 10.4 10,606 4.3 10.8 4,076 8.3 16.7
25 - 34 1,404,200 23.9 8.7 39,823 16.0 6.6 8,464 17.2 10.4
35 - 44 1,403,540 23.9 8.3 60,386 24.2 8.5 8,362 17.0 5.6
45 - 54 1,057,622 18.0 5.5 60,448 24.2 12.1 9,861 20.0 9.0
55 - 64 629,642 10.7 7.1 36,491 14.6 12.8 7,945 16.1 14.1
65 & Above 303,507 5.2 10.7 15,349 6.2 21.0 4,537 9.2 19.1
Not Stated 17,652 0.3 0.3 762 0.3 -10.6 126 0.3 -10.0
Average Age (Years) 37.9 -0.2 41.0 0.3 40.4 0.2
LENGTH OF STAY (DAYS) 5,695,315 100.0 8.6 244,585 100.0 11.5 48,798 100.0 12.0
Under 1 Day 1,217,653 21.4 5.4 45,215 18.5 13.0 9,199 18.9 17.5
1 Day 1,297,082 22.8 -3.4 54,124 22.1 9.9 12,765 26.2 4.3
2 Days 1,046,135 18.4 12.3 40,975 16.8 12.1 7,618 15.6 13.5
3 Days 785,183 13.8 16.6 31,434 12.9 13.5 5,999 12.3 17.1
4 Days 389,591 6.8 19.2 20,151 8.2 16.6 3,409 7.0 15.0
5 Days 216,302 3.8 18.3 13,000 5.3 12.6 2,022 4.1 16.6
6 Days 143,002 2.5 19.5 9,062 3.7 6.7 1,507 3.1 17.9
7 Days 110,179 1.9 17.8 6,419 2.6 10.0 1,083 2.2 7.1
8 - 10 Days 143,487 2.5 14.1 8,724 3.6 5.3 1,704 3.5 5.6
11 - 14 Days 172,993 3.0 21.6 6,492 2.7 9.3 1,525 3.1 14.5
15 - 29 Days 114,956 2.0 12.9 6,378 2.6 6.2 1,511 3.1 10.8
30 - 59 Days 40,950 0.7 25.1 1,925 0.8 12.7 340 0.7 16.4
60 Days & Over 17,802 0.3 14.4 686 0.3 -1.9 116 0.2 24.7
Average Length of Stay (Days) 3.42 6.0 3.78 -1.6 3.70 0.9
VISITOR DAYS 1 20,115,325 100.0 14.9 942,568 4.7 8.8 182,582 0.9 11.9
1 The percentage figure in the second column for each market indicates the respective market share.
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Tourism Focus August 2005