Tourism economy

Tourism businesses and locally retained economic benefit.

197 Micro Businesses

▲ 4% from 190

1–19 employees

54 Small & Medium Business

▼ 2% from 55

20–99 employees

2 Large Business

▼ 0% from 2

100+ employees

5 Communities

Published employer locations for contributing Census subdivisions.

Community	Total	Accommodation	Food Beverage	Recreation Entertainment	Transportation	Travel Services	Change
Nanaimo	395	26	219	70	72	8	+3%
Nanaimo A	18	0	9	6	3	0	-10%
Nanaimo B	13	1	4	6	2	0	0%
Nanaimo C	5	2	3	0	0	0	0%
Nanaimo Town 1	2	1	0	0	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%	15	1	0	0
Transportation	4812	Non-scheduled air transportation [4812]	3	+50%	5	2	0	0
Transportation	4831	Deep sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation [4831]	2	+100%	17	2	0	0
Transportation	4832	Inland water transportation [4832]	2	0%	167	2	0	1
Transportation	4852	Interurban and rural bus transportation [4852]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Transportation	4853	Taxi and limousine service [4853]	29	+4%	125	29	0	0
Transportation	4855	Charter bus industry [4855]	1		15	1	0	0
Transportation	4859	Other transit and ground passenger transportation [4859]	1	0%	7	1	0	0
Transportation	4872	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water [4872]	3	0%	56	2	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	5121	Motion picture and video industries [5121]	4	0%	129	3	2	0
Transportation	5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing [5321]	6	0%	143	5	2	0
Travel services	5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services [5615]	5	-17%	64	5	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	7111	Performing arts companies [7111]	3	0%	8	3	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7112	Spectator sports [7112]	1	0%	15	1	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7115	Independent artists, writers and performers [7115]	9	0%	27	9	0	0
Recreation and entertainment	7121	Heritage institutions [7121]	3	0%	66	4	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	7131	Amusement parks and arcades [7131]	1	-50%	37	1	1	0
Recreation and entertainment	7132	Gambling industries [7132]	4	0%	164	4	0	1
Recreation and entertainment	7139	Other amusement and recreation industries [7139]	25	+4%	283	22	3	0
Accommodation	7211	Traveller accommodation [7211]	14	0%	278	8	5	0
Accommodation	7212	Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps [7212]	3	0%	59	3	1	0
Food and beverage services	7224	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) [7224]	11	0%	259	9	4	0
Food and beverage services	7225	Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places [7225]	124	+2%	2,406	87	36	1

Parks

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

296k BC Parks attendance 2023/24

▲ 17% from 254k

Latest complete fiscal-year attendance reported in person-days; unavailable values are not zero. 100% of parks reported attendance.

Parks

9 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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