Americans Visit Canada in Record Numbers

U.S. residents made a record 14.89 million trips to Canada in 1998, fueled by strong economic growth at home and a relatively weak Canadian dollar, Statistics Canada said. The Canadian dollar averaged 67.5 U.S. cents in 1998. “For the first time in over a decade, the number of U.S. tourists visiting Canada outnumbered Canadian tourists visiting the U.S.,” said John Olsthoorn, spokesman for the Canadian Tourism Commission.