Latest results from the 2012 HAC Canadian Travel Intentions Survey show that business travel is projected to be up four percent in 2012, while leisure travel is expected to be static. Eighty percent of business travellers said they would be doing more or the same amount of business travel in Canada in 2012 as they did in 2011 with the highest percentage coming from Ontario and Quebec. Eighty-two per cent of leisure travellers said they will be travelling more or the same for vacation this year. While overall, leisure travel is static, twenty six percent of Quebeckers said they would be travelling more for leisure, three percent more than the national average. The most uncertainty regarding leisure travel is in Ontario, with eight percent indicating they did not know what their leisure travel plans will be for 2012. Of those who said they would be travelling less for leisure in 2012, thirty seven percent said they were doing so because of financial difficulties while the cost of air fare has been identified as another leading reason for travelling less.
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