Canadian Soft Outdoor Adventure Enthusiasts - Canadian Tourism ...
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The 4.4 million <strong>Soft</strong> <strong>Outdoor</strong> <strong>Adventure</strong> <strong>Enthusiasts</strong> with recent <strong>Canadian</strong> leisure travel experiences<br />
have relatively narrow tourism interests. Just under one-fifth are also Heritage <strong>Enthusiasts</strong> (864,000),<br />
about one-seventh are Visual Arts <strong>Enthusiasts</strong> (663,000), slightly fewer are Wine/Culinary<br />
<strong>Enthusiasts</strong> (580,000) and less than one-tenth are Performing Arts <strong>Enthusiasts</strong> (367,000). These<br />
overlaps suggest comparatively limited cross-market packaging and marketing opportunities within<br />
the domestic <strong>Soft</strong> <strong>Outdoor</strong> <strong>Adventure</strong> Enthusiast market – a stark contrast to the situation in the<br />
corresponding outdoor market from the U.S.A. (see U.S. <strong>Soft</strong> <strong>Outdoor</strong> <strong>Adventure</strong> <strong>Enthusiasts</strong> report<br />
for details).<br />
As noted above, the <strong>Soft</strong> <strong>Outdoor</strong> <strong>Adventure</strong> Enthusiast segment includes those who may ski or<br />
engage in other winter sports. It is, therefore, not surprising to find that about one-third of them fall<br />
into the Alpine Ski market segment and close to one-half are also in the Other Winter <strong>Outdoor</strong> market<br />
segment. These findings suggest that a substantial sub-set of <strong>Canadian</strong>s in the <strong>Soft</strong> <strong>Outdoor</strong><br />
<strong>Adventure</strong> Enthusiast segment take winter leisure trips within Canada.<br />
3.2 Where They Live & Where They Travel<br />
<strong>Canadian</strong>s from all parts of the country are represented in the <strong>Soft</strong> <strong>Outdoor</strong> <strong>Adventure</strong> Enthusiast<br />
segment and with some minor variations, mirror the adult population distribution of Canada as a<br />
whole. For example, 1-in-12 <strong>Canadian</strong>s live in Atlantic Canada and approximately the same<br />
proportion of <strong>Soft</strong> <strong>Outdoor</strong> <strong>Adventure</strong> <strong>Enthusiasts</strong> live in these four provinces (7%). Quebec<br />
represents one-quarter of the <strong>Canadian</strong> adult population and a slightly higher proportion of outdoor<br />
enthusiasts (28%). Conversely, Ontario residents are slightly under-represented within the <strong>Soft</strong><br />
<strong>Outdoor</strong> <strong>Adventure</strong> Enthusiast segment (34%) compared to their proportion of Canada as a whole<br />
(38%).<br />
Manitoba/ Saskatchewan and British Columbia residents are represented in the <strong>Soft</strong> <strong>Outdoor</strong><br />
<strong>Adventure</strong> Enthusiast market on par with their share of the total population. A marginally higher<br />
proportion of these adventurers are from Alberta (11%) than would be expected based on Alberta’s<br />
contribution to the total <strong>Canadian</strong> population (9%).<br />
10 <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Soft</strong> <strong>Outdoor</strong> <strong>Adventure</strong> <strong>Enthusiasts</strong> –<br />
A Special Analysis of the Travel Activities and Motivation Survey (TAMS)
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