Canada, the world’s second largest country (10 million km2 or 3,500,000 mi2) with ten provinces and three territories (Figure 1), two official languages (English and French), and a population of 35.1 million, has the 14th largest economy and 9th highest GDP per capita. The combination of its geographic grandeur, northern climate, cultural diversity, well-developed infrastructure, proximity to the USA, and ties to Europe and Asia makes it the 7th leading origin and 18th leading destination for international tourism (UNWTO 2013).
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Meis, S. (2016). Canada. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01384-8_22
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