Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

127 Micro Businesses

▼ 4% from 132

1–19 employees

37 Small & Medium Business

▼ 0% from 37

20–99 employees

3 Large Business

▼ 0% from 3

100+ employees

7 Communities

Published employer locations for contributing Census subdivisions.

Community	Total	Accommodation	Food Beverage	Recreation Entertainment	Transportation	Travel Services	Change
Comox	36	2	21	8	5	0	-8%
Comox Valley A	17	3	7	6	1	0	+6%
Comox Valley B (Lazo North)	14	4	1	9	0	0	+8%
Comox Valley C (Puntledge - Black Creek)	13	8	0	3	2	0	-19%
Courtenay	104	8	68	19	5	4	0%
Cumberland	15	3	5	5	0	2	+7%
Strathcona D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake)	11	5	4	1	1	0	0%

1 Detailed Business Breakdown

Tourism NAICS categories that have employer locations. Estimated employees use the same size-range midpoints as the cards above: Micro Businesses (1–19), Small & Medium Business (20–99), and Large Business (100+). Categories with no locations are omitted.

Group	Naics	Name	Count	Change	Estimated Employees	Micro Businesses	Small Medium Business	Large Business
Transportation	4811	Scheduled air transportation [4811]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Transportation	4831	Deep sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation [4831]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Transportation	4851	Urban transit systems [4851]	1	0%	150	0	0	1
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	1	0%	35	0	1	0
Transportation	4855	Charter bus industry [4855]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Transportation	4859	Other transit and ground passenger transportation [4859]	2	0%	17	2	0	0
Transportation	4872	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water [4872]	1	0%	15	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	4	-20%	42	3	1	0
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	4	0%	24	4	0	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	4	-20%	24	4	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7112	Spectator sports [7112]	2	0%	17	2	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	1	0%	3	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7121	Heritage institutions [7121]	3	0%	24	3	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	3	0%	80	2	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	26	-4%	1,176	20	4	2
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	10	-9%	183	6	4	0
Accommodation	7212	Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps [7212]	12	0%	144	10	2	0
Food and beverage services	7224	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) [7224]	4	0%	123	2	2	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	86	-1%	1,454	64	22	0

Parks

National park visits, BC Parks attendance, and how many parks are in this region.

927.4k BC Parks attendance 2023/24

▲ 154% from 365.3k

Latest complete fiscal-year attendance reported in person-days; unavailable values are not zero. 40% of parks reported attendance.

Parks

5 provincial parks.

Sources and attribution

Statistics Canada Adapted from Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3310109701

BC Parks Source: BC Parks, Province of British Columbia, licensed under the Open Government Licence - BC. https://bcparks.ca/

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