|
Origin
|
Destination
|
FY23Q3
|
FY24Q3
|
YOY Δ
|
|
Toronto
|
Vancouver
|
894
|
984
|
10%
|
|
Vancouver
|
Toronto
|
926
|
920
|
-1%
|
|
Calgary
|
Vancouver
|
457
|
580
|
27%
|
|
Toronto
|
Montreal
|
611
|
787
|
29%
|
|
Vancouver
|
Calgary
|
474
|
565
|
19%
|
|
Vancouver
|
Whitehorse
|
462
|
465
|
1%
|
|
Toronto
|
Calgary
|
665
|
826
|
24%
|
|
Calgary
|
Toronto
|
612
|
719
|
18%
|
|
Montreal
|
Toronto
|
574
|
781
|
36%
|
|
Edmonton
|
Vancouver
|
406
|
737
|
82%
|
BUT CANADIANS STILL WANT TO TRAVEL
Toronto Pearson Airport. JIM BYERS PHOTO
Almost 31% of Canadians say they intend to spend their summer vacation in their own province.
42.8% of Canadians plan stays of one week or less for their summer vacation, 27.9% will stay in another Canadian province.
This year, 58.1% of Canadians plan a vacation budget of more than $1,000 per person.
Among Canadians who won’t be go on vacation this summer, 37.7% blame inflation (Ahem: see above item on flight costs).
TREMENDOUS PACIFIC ISLANDER FESTIVAL CONTINUES IN HAWAII
FestPAC will include more than 2,200 delegates, including artists, cultural practitioners, scholars, and officials from 27 nations. The 10-day festival features more than 50 programs and events, including conferences and symposia, live performances, cultural workshops, hands-on demonstrations, films, storytelling and more.
The festival is being held at the Stan Sheriff Center at the beautiful campus of the University of Hawai’i in Honolulu, on the island of O’ahu.
TAHITI TOURISM COMES TO TORONTO
A small stream and rugged mountains on the west side of Raiatea. JIM BYERS PHOTO
Senior representatives from Tahiti Tourism were in Toronto today to meet with local media and talk about the destination.
Tahiti registered 261,813 arrivals in 2023, well above the 2019 figure of 236,642.
That’s great, but Tahiti officials actually don’t want it to climb much more. They’ve set a limit of 280,000 visitors a year (the same as the population) for the next few years so they can address key sustainability issues and grow in a measured fashion that doesn’t overwhelm the environment.
They also want to focus on new, small hotels away from the most visited islands in the Tahiti archipelago, those being Tahiti island itself, Bora Bora and Moorea.
I had a fabulous visit to the island of Raiatea early in 2020. It’s a beautiful, low-key destination that’s only slightly developed, and features amazing food, fine, small hotels and amazing archaeological sites.
From now until the end of June, you can fly from Vancouver to Tahiti for $1,621 CAD via Air Tahit Nui. I flew their premium economy class from LAX to Papeete in 2020 and thought it was terrific.
NEW APPLE INTELLIGENCE UNVEILED FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC
Apple this week previewed iOS 18, a major release that features more customization options, the biggest redesign ever of the Photos app, new ways for users to manage their inbox in Mail, Messages over satellite, and so much more. Users will be able to arrange apps and widgets in any open space on the Home Screen, customize the buttons at the bottom of the Lock Screen, and quickly access more controls in Control Center.
Photo libraries are automatically organized in a new single view in Photos, and helpful new collections keep favourites easily accessible. Mail simplifies the inbox by sorting email into categories using on-device intelligence, and all-new text effects come to iMessage. Powered by the same groundbreaking technology as existing iPhone satellite capabilities, users can now communicate over satellite in the Messages app when a cellular or Wi-Fi connection isn’t available.
iOS 18 also introduces Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that combines the power of generative models with personal context to deliver intelligence that’s incredibly useful and relevant. Built with privacy from the ground up, Apple Intelligence is deeply integrated into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. It harnesses the power of Apple silicon to understand and create language and images, take action across apps, and draw from personal context, to simplify and accelerate everyday tasks.
“We are thrilled to introduce iOS 18. It is a huge release with incredible features, including new levels of customization and capability, a redesigned Photos app, and powerful ways to stay connected with Messages. There are so many benefits for everyone,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “This release also marks the beginning of a tremendously exciting new era of personal intelligence with Apple Intelligence delivering intuitive, powerful, and instantly useful experiences that will transform the iPhone experience, all with privacy at the core. We can’t wait for users to experience it.”
New Levels of Customization and Capability
iPhone users have new ways to customize the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Control Center. Users can now arrange apps and widgets in any open space on the Home Screen, including placing them right above the dock for easy access or perfectly framing a wallpaper. App icons and widgets can take on a new look with a dark or tinted effect, and users can make them appear larger to create the experience that is perfect for them.
Control Center has been redesigned to provide easier access to many of the things users do every day, and it gets new levels of customization and flexibility. The redesign delivers quick access to new groups of a user’s most-utilized controls, such as media playback, Home controls, and connectivity, as well as the ability to easily swipe between each. Users can now add controls from supported third-party apps into Control Center to quickly unlock a vehicle or jump right into capturing content for social media — all from one place.
The new controls gallery displays the full set of available options, and users can customize how the controls are laid out, including adjusting them to the ideal size and creating entirely new groups.
For first time, users can now switch the controls at the bottom of the Lock Screen, including choosing from the options available in the controls gallery or removing them entirely. With the Action button available on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, users can quickly invoke controls available in the gallery.
Photos Gets a Unified View, New Collections, and Customization
Photos receives its biggest-ever redesign to help users easily find and relive special moments. A simplified, single view displays a familiar grid, and new collections help users browse by themes without having to organize content into albums. Plus, collections can be pinned to keep favourites easily accessible. A new customizable carousel view presents highlights that update each day and feature favourite people, pets, places, and more. Autoplaying content throughout the app brings libraries to life, so past moments can be enjoyed while browsing. Because each user’s photo library is unique, the app is customizable, so users can organize collections, pin collections to access frequently, and include what’s most important to them in the carousel view.
Powerful Ways to Stay Connected in Messages
iMessage receives all-new text effects that bring conversations to life by amplifying any letter, word, phrase, or emoji with dynamic, animated appearances. Users can better express tone by adding formatting like bold, underline, italics, and strikethrough. Tapbacks expand to include any emoji or sticker, and now users can compose a message and schedule to send it at a later time.
