As B.C. heads into another peak tourist season after a record-breaking 2018, we look at how sightseers are helping power the provincial economy
Visitors from abroad to B.C. in 2018:
6.1 million
Non-U.S. international tourists:
2.2 million
?5.8% Asia
?6.6% Europe
?7% Africa
?56.8% South America
Total revenue from B.C. tourism in 2017:
$18.4 billion
Provincial tax revenue from B.C. tourism in 2017:
$1.2 billion
10-year growth:
?41.3%
Tourism businesses operating in B.C. in 2017:
19,243
Tourism industry jobs:
302,700
Job openings expected by 2028:
106,000
Indigenous tourism businesses in B.C.:
401
?33% since 2014
7,400 direct full-time jobs
$705 million direct gross domestic output
Visitor nights in B.C., 2017:
84,961,000
Average summer rate for a room in a Vancouver hotel with three or more stars:
$324
2ND HIGHEST in Canada, after Banff
Average summer rate in Toronto:
$156
Value of sports tourism in B.C., 2017:
$1.35 billion
People who participated in sports tourism in the province that year:
2,310,000
Pot-friendly B&Bs listed in B.C. on Airbnb competitor Budandbreakfast.com:
15
Sources: BC Stats, Destination British Columbia, go2HR, Indigenous Tourism BC, Cheaphotels.org, Tourism Vancouver, Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance, Budandbreakfast.com, CannaTours; Illustration: Kagan Mcleod
