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August 08, 2022TOURISM ACTIVITY TRACKER, MAY 2022 In May 2022, Nova Scotia's tourism activity was 26.0% below May 2019 levels. Domestic tourism activity was 16.6% below May 2019 levels. International inbound tourism activity in Nova Scotia was 52.6% below May 2019 levels. Nova Scotia reported the largest declines among provinces in domestic tourism activity as well as the second largest decline in overall and international inbound tourism activity.
Overall tourism activity in Canada was down 21.2% compared to May 2019. Prince Edward Island (-28.8%) reported the largest decline while Newfoundland and Labrador (-8.3%) reported the lowest decline. Canada's domestic tourism activity was down 9.5% (least decline: Newfoundland and Labrador; largest decline: Nova Scotia) while international inbound tourism activity was down 45.5% nationally (least decline: Alberta; largest decline: Prince Edward Island).
With travel and activity restrictions at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism activity fell dramatically in all provinces. Activity partially recovered in the summer and fall of 2020, as domestic tourism started to grow again (international inbound tourism remained well below 2019 levels). Additional restrictions and travel limitations in the spring of 2021 reduced tourism activity again, particularly domestic tourism. As restrictions were eased in the summer of 2021, there was a sharp rebound in tourism activity across all provinces, driven primarily by domestic tourism. Tourism activity had been recovering at a slower pace since the summer of 2021 to December. With the emergence of the Omicron variant and reinstatement of restrictions, tourism activity fell in January 2022, but has subsequently recovered as restrictions were eased at the beginning of spring. Tourism tracker were at their highest level since February 2020 for most provinces, including Nova Scotia, in May 2022.
Notes: Statistics Canada's "Canadian Tourism Activity Tracker" illustrates the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism activity. The data compares the latest reference period and the same month in 2019, prior to the pandemic. This provides a snapshot of how tourism activity has changed, including air travel, surface travel, hotels/accommodations, spending and trip duration. Tourism activity is monitored for both domestic travellers (those travelling within Canada, including within province more than 40 km from home) as well as inbound travellers from international sources. Overall tourism is estimated as a weighted average of domestic and inbound tourism activities.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 24-10-0049-01 Canadian Tourism Activity Tracker and Grouped Data Sources, Canadian Tourism Activity Tracker
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