Tourism numbers up in Nova Scotia
Posted Aug 29, 2012 12:14:05 PM.
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HALIFAX – The number of tourists visiting Nova Scotia jumped by 5% in the first six months of the year.
The province’s Tourism Department says road travel to the province increased by 10 per cent while air travel dropped 2%, compared with the same period last year.
The number of visitors from other parts of Atlantic Canada increased by seven per cent, and visits from Ontario were up 6%.
However, visits from Quebec decreased by one per cent and visits from Western Canada decreased by five per cent.
Visits from the United States were up 8%, but overseas visits slipped by eight per cent.
The numbers are important because tourism is a big business in Nova Scotia. In 2008, the industry employed more than 22,000 people and generated revenues of $1.8 billion.
