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Originally Posted by nieuwy-89
Back on topic...
The reason Edmonton passed Calgary in 2005 was due to two events: the inaugural Grand Prix of Edmonton and the World Masters Games. While neither are glamourous like the Olympics, both attract huge numbers of spectators/participants.
Things will be back to normal when you see the stats for 2006.
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Not sure that has much to do with it. The figures aren't from 2005, they're from 2004. Which again begs the question, why should we care about this.
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Source: Policy and Economic Analysis, Alberta Economic Development; Tourism in Alberta (separate reports for
each TDR), A Summary of Visitor Numbers, Revenue and Characteristics – 2004; Based on the 2004 Canadian
and International Travel Surveys (Statistics Canada); January 2006.
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Probably they got the info from here:
http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/arts33a.htm