Travel Survey of Residents of Canada, 2012: Person File, October

<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>

加拿大居民旅行调查（Travel Survey of Residents of Canada，TSRC）是衡量加拿大旅游业规模与发展态势的核心数据来源。该调查旨在量化国内旅行的规模、特征及其经济影响。在国民经济核算体系中，TSRC从需求端出发，测算加拿大国内旅行的整体规模。

自2005年初起，加拿大居民旅行调查（TSRC）正式用于测算加拿大国内旅行情况，并取代了原加拿大旅行调查（Canadian Travel Survey，CTS）。本次调查在定义上做出多处调整，并采用全新问卷，其测算结果更贴合世界旅游组织（World Tourism Organization，WTO）与联合国统计委员会（United Nations Statistical Commission）推荐的国际指南标准。2011年，TSRC完成了方案与问卷的重新设计。如需了解2006-2010年版TSRC与2011年新版TSRC的差异，请查阅本调查"Documentation"板块中题为《2011年改版TSRC与2010年TSRC的差异》的说明文件。

加拿大居民旅行调查由加拿大统计局（Statistics Canada）、加拿大旅游委员会（Canadian Tourism Commission）以及各省政府联合发起，同样从需求端测算加拿大国内旅行的整体规模。本次调查的目标包括：为加拿大居民的旅行提供基于出行出发地、目的地、时长、住宿类型、出行目的、交通方式等维度的旅行规模与支出数据；统计旅行参与率，并梳理出行者与非出行者的社会人口学特征。基于调查测算结果，可在全国、各省及旅游区域层面（精度各有不同）开展季度分析，涵盖以下维度：
- 加拿大居民在境内开展的当日往返旅行与过夜旅行总人次
- 加拿大境内的当日往返与过夜到访量
- 旅行主要目的/行程核心活动
- 加拿大居民在境内开展的当日往返与过夜旅行的总支出及分类别支出
- 行程中使用的交通方式（主要/其他）
- 加拿大境内各到访地的单人到访量、家庭到访量及总支出与分类别支出
- 加拿大境内各到访地的总停留人夜数与家庭夜数，以及按住宿类型划分的停留情况
- 旅行套餐使用情况、相关支出及支付来源（家庭、政府、私营雇主）
- 参与与未参与旅行的成年人人口统计学特征
- 旅行团队构成

TSRC数据的主要使用者为加拿大统计局、加拿大旅游委员会、各省政府及旅游管理机构，其他使用者还包括媒体、企业、咨询机构与科研人员。