October 2021 Tourism Performance

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Tourism continued to rebound in October.

According to statistics gathered by Tourism Nova Scotia, the province welcomed 116,000 non-resident visitors in October 2021, an increase of 70% (or 48,000 more visitors) compared with October 2020, and a decline of 40% (or 78,000 fewer visitors) compared with October 2019.

See October Visitation Statistics

Accommodations operators report 217,000 room nights sold in October 2021, a 60% increase over October 2020 (up 82,000 room nights sold) and a decline of 17% from October 2019 (down 44,000 room nights sold).

See October Key Tourism Performance Indicators

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.