National Travel Survey: C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures, Q4 2019

C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures, Q4 2019 in Thousands of Dollars (x 1,000)
Table summary
This table displays the results of C.V.s for Visit-Expenditures by Duration of Visit, Main Trip Purpose and Country or Region of Expenditures. The information is grouped by Duration of trip (appearing as row headers), Main Trip Purpose, Country or Region of Expenditures (Total, Canada, United States, Overseas) calculated using Visit-Expenditures in Thousands of Dollars (x 1,000) and c.v. as units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Duration of Visit Main Trip Purpose Country or Region of Expenditures
Total Canada United States Overseas
$ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V. $ '000 C.V.
Total Duration Total Main Trip Purpose 17,984,519 A 9,035,959 A 5,140,087 A 3,808,474 A
Holiday, leisure or recreation 8,986,502 A 3,135,234 A 3,182,327 B 2,668,941 B
Visit friends or relatives 4,190,876 A 2,794,887 A 676,546 B 719,442 B
Personal conference, convention or trade show 243,119 C 165,431 B 52,775 E 24,914 E
Shopping, non-routine 939,734 B 715,279 B 222,543 B 1,912 E
Other personal reasons 810,412 B 577,767 B 154,893 D 77,752 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 1,185,905 B 634,101 B 455,335 C 96,469 C
Other business 1,627,971 B 1,013,260 B 395,667 D 219,044 C
Same-Day Total Main Trip Purpose 3,614,669 A 3,234,520 A 358,312 C 21,836 C
Holiday, leisure or recreation 1,255,756 B 1,037,433 B 196,520 D 21,803 C
Visit friends or relatives 941,272 B 915,560 B 25,712 C ..  
Personal conference, convention or trade show 50,908 C 49,308 C 1,600 E ..  
Shopping, non-routine 710,245 B 609,364 B 100,882 B ..  
Other personal reasons 294,275 B 283,748 B 10,494 E 33 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 52,276 D 34,279 C 17,998 E ..  
Other business 309,936 C 304,829 C 5,107 E ..  
Overnight Total Main Trip Purpose 14,369,850 A 5,801,438 A 4,781,775 A 3,786,637 A
Holiday, leisure or recreation 7,730,746 A 2,097,800 A 2,985,807 B 2,647,138 B
Visit friends or relatives 3,249,604 A 1,879,328 A 650,834 B 719,442 B
Personal conference, convention or trade show 192,211 C 116,122 C 51,175 E 24,914 E
Shopping, non-routine 229,489 B 105,915 C 121,662 C 1,912 E
Other personal reasons 516,137 B 294,019 B 144,400 D 77,719 E
Business conference, convention or trade show 1,133,629 B 599,822 B 437,337 C 96,469 C
Other business 1,318,036 B 708,432 B 390,560 D 219,044 C
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Estimates contained in this table have been assigned a letter to indicate their coefficient of variation (c.v.) (expressed as a percentage). The letter grades represent the following coefficients of variation:

A
c.v. between or equal to 0.00% and 5.00% and means Excellent.
B
c.v. between or equal to 5.01% and 15.00% and means Very good.
C
c.v. between or equal to 15.01% and 25.00% and means Good.
D
c.v. between or equal to 25.01% and 35.00% and means Acceptable.
E
c.v. greater than 35.00% and means Use with caution.