Visitors to Alberta spent $12.7B in 2023, breaking previous record

Alberta's tourism sector broke its previous record for visitor spending last year. According to Statistics Canada, visitors spent $12.9 billion in Alberta in 2023, exceeding the previous record of $10.7 billion set in 2022 by nearly 20 per cent.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts on all the top Edmonton storiesLast year's international visitor spending also broke its previous record set in 2019 by 25 per cent; 2023 saw an increase of $2.9 billion from 2019's $2.3 billion. "This pa