Holiday travel is projected to rise, AAA says
A total of 2.9 million New Englanders plan to travel during the holidays, up 12.7 percent over last year, and 2.5 million of those New England travelers will go by car, AAA Southern New England said.
Nationwide, AAA said it is projecting that 87.7 million Americans will be traveling 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holidays. That is a 3.8 percent increase from the same period one year ago; the projected increase for the Christmas/New Year period is also the largest projected increase for any major holiday this year, AAA said.
“More Americans traveling during the winter holidays is another sign consumers are continuing to grow more confident in their personal financial situations,” Lloyd P. Albert, AAA Southern New England senior vice president of public and government affairs and new business development, said in a statement.
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