Travel Survey of Residents of Canada, 2015: Visit File

<p>The Travel Survey of Residents of Canada (TSRC) is a major source of data used to measure the size and status of Canada's tourism industry. It was developed to quantify the volume, the characteristics and the economic impact of domestic travel. For the system of national accounts, TSRC measures the size of domestic travel in Canada from the demand side. </p> <p>Since the beginning of 2005, the Travel Survey of Residents of Canada (TSRC) has been conducted to measure domestic travel in Canada. It replaces the Canadian Travel Survey (CTS). Featuring several definitional changes and a new questionnaire, this survey provides estimates of domestic travel that are more in line with the international guidelines recommended by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Statistical Commission. In 2011, TSRC underwent a redesign. Please refer to the document entitled Differences Between the 2011 Redesigned TSRC and the 2010 TSRC available in the "Documentation" section of this survey, for an explanation of the differences between TSRC from 2006-2010 and TSRC in 2011.</p> <p> The Travel Survey of Residents of Canada is sponsored by Statistics Canada, the Canadian Tourism Commission, and the provincial governments. It measures the size of domestic travel in Canada from the demand side. The objectives of the survey are to provide information about the volume of trips and expenditures for Canadian residents by trip origin, destination, duration, type of accommodation used, trip reason, mode of travel, etc.; to provide information on travel incidence and to provide the socio-demographic profile of travellers and non-travellers. Estimates allow quarterly analysis at the national, provincial and tourism region level (with varying degrees of precision) on:</p> <ul> <li> total volume of same-day and overnight trips taken by the residents of Canada with destinations in Canada, </li> <li> same-day and overnight visits in Canada,</li> <li> main purpose of the trip/key activities on trip,</li> <li> spending on same-day and overnight trips taken in Canada by Canadian residents in total and by category of expenditure,</li> <li> modes of transportation (main/other) used on the trip,</li> <li> person-visits, household-visits, spending in total and by expense category for each location visited in Canada,</li> <li> person- and household-nights spent in each location visited in Canada, in total and by type of accommodation used,</li> <li> use of travel packages and associated spending and source of payment (household, government, private employer),</li> <li> demographics of adults that took or did not take trips, and</li> <li> travel party composition.</li> </ul> <p> The main users of the TSRC data are Statistics Canada, the Canadian Tourism Commission, the provinces, and tourism boards. Other users include the media, businesses, consultants and researchers.</p>