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Tourism in Alberta saw 38.1 million visits that generated $14.4 billion in revenue, and supporting around 260,000 jobs in 2024.[1] The province hosts approximately 27,900 tourism-related businesses.[2] The number of domestic visits to the Alberta Rockies was approximately 5.5 million in 2024.[3] This was the third-highest number of visits to the region on record and 3.8% below the all-time high set in 2021 (5.7 million visits).[3]
The province has six UNESCO World Heritage Sites, five national parks, and numerous provincial parks. Natural landscapes like the Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, along with urban attractions such as West Edmonton Mall and the Calgary Stampede are some of the primary attractions. The province has a long-term strategy to grow tourism to $25 billion in visitor spending by 2035, supporting attractions like the Dinosaur Provincial Park and the Royal Tyrrell Museum.[4]
Tourist attractions
Mountains
The Canadian Rockies in Alberta's southwest are a major attraction for climbing and hiking, with an extensive park system and mountain peaks reaching over 3000 m. The Kananaskis Country park system has numerous trails for hiking and horseback riding, and rafting is done on some of the rivers.
Skiing
Alberta is an important destination for tourists who love to ski. It boasts several world-class ski resorts, such as Nakiska and Fortress in Kananaskis Country, Sunshine Village, Mount Norquay and Lake Louise Mountain Resort in the Banff area or Marmot Basin near Jasper. Canada Olympic Park, with its downhill ski and ski jumping facilities, is located in the city of Calgary.
Hunting and fishing
Hunters and fishermen from around the world are able to take home impressive trophies and tall tales from their experiences in Alberta's wilderness. The Bow River is famous for fly fishing and its trout population. Many of Alberta's lakes contain amenities for fishing, such as campgrounds and boat launches.
Museums
See List of museums in Alberta.
Museums in Alberta:
- The Royal Alberta Museum, in Edmonton is the official provincial museum and largest museum in western Canada.
- The Galt Museum & Archives is the primary museum in Lethbridge, and is the largest museum in the province south of Calgary.
- The Heritage Park Historical Village is a historical park located in Calgary. The park is located on 66 acres (267,000 m2) of parkland on the banks of the Glenmore Reservoir, along the city's southwestern edge. It is one of the city's most visited tourist attractions.
- The Michelsen Farmstead is a typical farmstead of the 1890s era, located in the National Historic Site of Canada of Stirling. It was declared a Provincial Historic Site of Alberta in 2001, and has been restored back to its original 19th century Victorian style.
- The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller is the museum that earns 5 Guinness World Records (as of November 2021) including the best-preserved armoured dinosaur in the world.[5][6]
National and provincial parks
Five national parks are located in the province of Alberta, with Banff, Jasper, Waterton Lakes and Elk Island National Park being the most popular tourist destinations. 69 provincial parks, 33 wildland provincial parks, 248 provincial recreation areas, 16 ecological reserves, 3 wilderness areas, 149 natural areas and a heritage rangeland are also protected on a provincial level.
Alberta contains five of Canada's 13 UNESCOWorld Heritage Sites. These are Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (includes Banff and Jasper National Parks), Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Wood Buffalo National Park, Dinosaur Provincial Park and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
Railway
Located in East-Central Alberta is Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions, a popular tourist attraction operated out of Stettler that draws visitors from around the world. It boasts one of the few operable steam trains in the world, offering trips through the rolling prairie scenery.
Another popular tourist attraction located near the National Historic Site of Canada of Stirling is the Galt Historic Railway Park A restored 1890 North West Territories International Train Station, the station has many Displays of life and travel in the 1880s. The station was moved from its former location in Coutts, Alberta, Canada, and Sweetgrass, Montana, USA border to the current location near Stirling in 2000.
Tourists also ride the Canadian, the Rocky Mountaineer, and the Royal Canadian Pacific, which are tourist-oriented passenger services which operate on scenic routes through the Canadian Rockies.
Significant events in Alberta tourism
The history of Alberta tourism events:[7]
- 1885: Banff National Park established, making it the first Canadian National Park, and the world's third[8]
- 1912: The Alberta Legislature Building opens;Calgary Exhibition and Stampede debuts; Alberta's first movie theatre, the Empress Theatre, opens in Fort Macleod
- 1921: Road from Banff to Lake Louise opens
- 1923: Road from Banff to Radium opens; First competitive chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede
- 1927: Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton opens 25 Jul 1927
- 1932: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park established; Going-to-the-Sun Road opens in Waterton
- 1936: Chinook Train begins operation between Calgary and Edmonton (now on display at the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel)
- 1940: Se inaugura la primera casa de té en Sulphur Mountain ; se inaugura la Icefields Parkway.
- 1959: Se inaugura el teleférico de Sulphur Mountain , el primer teleférico de dos cables de Norteamérica y el primero de Canadá; se inauguran en Banff los primeros senderos históricos (senderos con información histórica señalizada), incluidos los senderos Hoodoos y Bow Summit.
- 1962: Comienzan los Klondike Days en Edmonton, como una extensión de la Exposición de Edmonton, que data de 1879.
- 1967: St. Paul inaugura una plataforma de aterrizaje para ovnis para celebrar el centenario de la Confederación.
- 1967: El Museo Provincial de Alberta/Edmonton abre sus puertas el 6 de diciembre como proyecto de Alberta para el centenario de Canadá (actualmente conocido como el Museo Real de Alberta).
- 1968: La Torre de Calgary abre sus puertas el 30 de junio.
- 1975: Se inaugura el parque Fish Creek en Calgary; se erige en Vegreville la estatua del huevo de Pascua ucraniano " Pysanka " [ de 10 metros de altura (33 pies) ] , en conmemoración del asentamiento de inmigrantes ucranianos al este de Edmonton.
- 1977: Abre Kananaskis Country .
- 1978: Juegos de la Commonwealth celebrados en Edmonton.
- 1981: Se inaugura el West Edmonton Mall , con la Fase II y Fantasyland en 1983 y la Fase III y el World Waterpark en 1985; el Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump es declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad.
- 1985: Se inaugura el Museo Real Tyrrell de Paleontología en Drumheller ; el Centro de Interpretación Frank Slide abre sus puertas el 28 de abril; el Centro de Interpretación de las Arenas Bituminosas abre sus puertas en Fort McMurray.
- 1986: La atracción Mindbender en Galaxyland descarrila y mata a tres pasajeros.
- 1988: XV Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno celebrados en Calgary.
- 1990: El Museo de los Regimientos abrió sus puertas en Calgary el 30 de junio.
- 1991: Se erige el tipi de Saamis en Medicine Hat ; construido originalmente para los Juegos Olímpicos de Calgary en 1988, la estructura es el tipi más grande del mundo.
- 1995: Fantasyland cambia su nombre a "Galaxyland" tras una demanda de Disney.
- 1996: Se inaugura el Museo Torrington Gopher Hole.
- 1997: Se inaugura el Centro de Interpretación del Petróleo Canadiense , en conmemoración de la puesta en producción del pozo petrolífero Leduc n.° 1 el 3 de febrero de 1947; El primer tramo del Sendero Transcanadiense, el Sendero de Enlace del Corredor Bow, se inaugura el 18 de octubre; La ciudad de Legal presenta el primero de 28 murales.
- 2000: Dino 2000 abre sus puertas en Drumheller como parte del proyecto del Milenio en agosto. La escultura de un T-Rex de 8 pisos incorpora una plataforma de observación en la cabeza; el parque de patinaje Shaw Millennium abre en Calgary, el parque de patinaje público al aire libre más grande del mundo.
- 2006: El 3 de junio, los Museos Militares anunciaron una reorganización del antiguo Museo de los Regimientos , el Museo Naval de Alberta y algunos elementos del Museo Aeroespacial de Calgary .
Véase también
Referencias
- ↑ "Oportunidades de inversión en turismo y hostelería en Alberta" . Invest Alberta . 18 de noviembre de 2025. Consultado el 10 de diciembre de 2025 .
- ↑ "Oportunidades de inversión en turismo y hostelería en Alberta" . Invest Alberta . 17 de octubre de 2025. Consultado el 4 de noviembre de 2025 .
- 1 2 "Altura de las Montañas Rocosas... en Alberta" . Estadísticas de Canadá . 21 de agosto de 2025. Consultado el 5 de noviembre de 2025 .
- ↑ "Turismo de Alberta" . The Canada Guide . 17 de noviembre de 2020. Consultado el 26 de octubre de 2025 .El texto se copió de esta fuente, que está disponible bajo la Licencia Abierta de Estadísticas de Canadá.
- ↑ "Museo de Alberta obtiene 5 récords mundiales Guinness con su colección de esqueletos de dinosaurios - CBC News" . CBC . 5 de noviembre de 2021. Archivado del original el 10 de noviembre de 2021. Consultado el 11 de noviembre de 2021 .
- ↑ Atwal, Sanj (13 de octubre de 2021). "Cinco fósiles que baten récords que puedes encontrar en el Museo Real Tyrrell" . Guinness World Records . Archivado del original el 11 de noviembre de 2021. Consultado el 11 de noviembre de 2021 .
- ↑ El siglo del turismo , artículo de Anika van Wyk en The Calgary Sun , 1 de septiembre de 2005
- ↑ Parques de Canadá Archivado el 18/07/2006 en Wayback Machine - Parque Nacional Banff
- Turismo en Alberta