Spending on tourism helps support over 5,600 businesses and directly sustains about 13,100 jobs. Tourism in Manitoba currently generates $480.1 million in export revenue, $238 million in provincial tax revenues and $64.9 million in Municipal tax revenues.
Nationally, in 2008, tourism spending totalled $74.7 billion in Canada, an increase of 5.5% over 2007. This spending generates approximately $9.3 billion in federal taxes and $9.1 billion in provincial taxes.
Click below to view a detailed presentation on the value of tourism to the province of Manitoba.
2008 Value of Tourism (1.6MB)
Due to a change in methodology introduced for the 2006 reporting year, the Statistics Canada Travel Survey of Residents of Canada (TSRC) data cannot be compared to those of previous years. The 2006 TSRC is the new baseline year for domestic tourism.
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2007 Value of Tourism (1.6MB)
2006 Value of Tourism (1.6MB)
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