January to May 2023 Visitation Statistics Now Available

Thursday, August 10, 2023

This year is off to another strong start in tourism recovery for Nova Scotia.

According to statistics gathered by Tourism Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia welcomed 560,000 visitors between January and May 2023. Visitation in the first five months is up 52% (192,000 more visitors) compared with the same period last year, although still down 10% (61,000 fewer visitors) compared with 2019.

Most of the decline relative to 2019 is a result of fewer visitors from Atlantic Canada, the largest source of visitors to Nova Scotia. On the other hand, visitation from Ontario and overseas is up over 2019 levels so far this year.

See Year-to-Date May 2023 Visitation Statistics

Tourism Nova Scotia

Tourism Nova Scotia works with communities and industry to attract visitors to the province and increase tourism revenues through experience and sector development, business coaching, marketing, and visitor servicing.

As a division of the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage, Tourism Nova Scotia is committed to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility across Nova Scotia and we support partners who share in this commitment.

Tourism Nova Scotia is located in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq. We are all Treaty people.