|
|
Article: Labor Day to set travel record.
- Article from:
- M2 Presswire
- Article date:
- August 22, 2000
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 Normans Media Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 August 2000-AAA MICHIGAN: Labor Day to set travel record (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
RDATE:22082000
More than 2.1 million Michiganians have Labor Day holiday travel plans, according to a recent survey by AAA Michigan. The estimate represents a new state record and a 46-percent increase over last year, when 1.5 million residents reported Labor Day travel plans.
The good news gets even better -- 70 percent of those with travel plans this year will remain in Michigan (compared with 57 percent in 1999), and the average trip length will be one day longer (four days in 1999; five in 2000).
"It seems that falling ...