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With strong ancestral ties, Canadian visitors enjoy exploring many parts of Scotland. They enjoy meeting the locals to hear unique stories about the areas history and culture. Our "Canada Factsheet 2019" pulls together important information for businesses to know.
Published November 2020
125 thousand
visits
1 million
nights
£92 million
expenditure
9th largest
international source market by visits
The latest long-haul marketing insights, gathered from our marketing teams.
From 1 October 2022, Canada no longer has any:
We anectodally hear that direct flight capacity was very high from Canada to both Edinburgh and Glasgow since the summer.
There continues to be demand for Scotland from Canada. Tour operators and travel advisors report strong enquiries & bookings. There are reports of some autumn / winter bookings and enquiries for 2023.
Scottish businesses travelling to Canada can check the foreign travel advice pages.
45%
Plan to take their next international leisure trip to Europe
24%
Said Britain was their intended European destination
36%
of UK-bound travellers in the next 12 months plan to go to Scotland
92%
Are comfortable with flying
77%
Are comfortable flying with connecting flights
Statistics are from the latest VisitBritain Sentiment tracker.
