Tourism Nova Scotia’s latest tourism performance indicators show Nova Scotia experienced exceptional tourism growth this past September.
The province welcomed 21,000 additional non-resident visitors, a nine per cent increase over September 2016.
September saw growth in visitation by air (+14%) and road (+6%).
Nova Scotians and non-resident visitors bought 325,000 licensed room nights in September, a decrease of one per cent over September 2016.
“We’re thrilled with these results,” said Tourism Nova Scotia CEO Michele Saran. “Fall is a beautiful time of year to visit and we look forward to working with tourism operators to create even more experiences that will bring people to the province outside of the summer months.”
Year-to-date September 2017, non-resident overnight visitation to Nova Scotia is up by nine per cent compared with 2016, with visitation by road up eight per cent and air up twelve per cent.
2,200,000 licensed room nights were sold in Nova Scotia between January 1 and September 30, 2017, an increase of two per cent compared with the same period in 2016. The occupancy rate for this period increased by three percentage points over 2016 to 57 per cent.
The preliminary estimate of tourism revenues for year-to-date September 2017 is $2.1 billion, compared with $2.0 billion in 2016.
For more visitation information go to: https://tourismns.ca/research/visitor-statistics/tourism-performance.