Tourism

• The Fredericton tourism industry's economic impact in 2009 was $212.1 million. 
• Fredericton's average hotel room rate increased to $90.33 in 2009 up from $88.65 in 2008.
• Fredericton's occupancy rate, as reported by operators to Fredericton Tourism, decreased slightly to 50.4% in 2009, as compared to 58% in 2008.
• Fredericton's three Visitor Information Centres served a total of 17,404 visitor parties in 2009 between May and October.
• Fredericton’s average occupancy was 59% in 2009, compared to the Provincial average of 51%, Moncton’s at 54% and Saint John at 55%.
• It is forecast that the total overnight visitors in Fredericton decreased by 1.4% to 584,000 visitors, compared to 592,000 in 2008.
• 312 bus tours spent one or more nights in Fredericton during the period of May-October, 2009, accounting for 7,299 hotel rooms sold to bus tours.
• Motorcoach tours were booked by 74 companies.
• Fredericton hosted 1,024 events - local, regional, national and international with 64,258 delegates and 55,134 room nights.
• The Tourism Division of the City of Fredericton provided delegate kits to 111 meetings / conventions / sporting events by providing literature and tourism information.
  

For more information, please visit:  www.tourismfredericton.ca/