New data show the number of visitors to B.C. rising despite a steep drop in the number of Mexican visitors.
The province was the entry point in Canada for 267,448 non-Canadians in November, up 3.5 per cent from the same month in 2023, according to Destination British Columbia.
That growth, however, pales in comparison to Canada as a whole. Canada-wide there were 1,134,550 international visitors in November, up 11.9 per cent compared with the same month in 2023.
Despite seeing an overall increase in the number of visitors, travel from Mexico plummeted across Canada.
Only 8,191 Mexican citizens entered Canada through B.C. in November. That is down 21.2 per cent
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