- British Columbia's tourism revenues reached $12.7 billion in 2009.
- Tourism directly employs approximately 129,000 British Columbians.
- British Columbia’s tourism industry is projected to create 84,000 new job openings between 2005-2015 in a wide range of professions.
- British Columbia hosted 5.6 million overnight international visitors in 2009.
- The United States was British Columbia’s number one source of international visitors in 2009, bringing in nearly three million overnight visitors.
- In 2008, tourism was the second largest earner of export income in the provincial economy.
- Tourism accounted for over $6.3 billion of British Columbia's total GDP in 2009.
- In 2008, there were over 18,000 tourism-related business establishments operating in British Columbia.
- Accommodation room revenue in 2009 was more than $1.7 billion.
- As well as generating revenue for British Columbian businesses and creating employment, the tourism industry contributes approximately $1 billion in revenue to the provincial treasury based on the latest statistics available.
Source: BC Stats, Tourism British Columbia and go2
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