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Article: Drop in Gas Prices Will Fuel Labor Day Travel, AAA Says.
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- Business Wire
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- August 24, 2006
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BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- With fuel prices slipping down to around $2.90 per gallon, AAA expects no let up in travel for the Labor Day holiday weekend. AAA estimates that 35.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday, a 1.2 percent increase from the 34.8 million who traveled last year.
Approximately 29.6 million travelers (84 percent of all holiday travelers) expect to go by motor vehicle, just over the 29.1 million who drove a year ago.
Another 3.9 million (11 percent of holiday travelers) plan to travel by airplane, down from the 4.0 million that flew last Labor Day holiday. A projected 1.6 million vacationers (4.5 percent) will ...