Friday, January 20, 2012

N.C. travel: Motorists down, airlines up - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Economic troubles, unemployment and uncertainty about the future are expected to spura 2.7 percentt drop in expected motorists this holiday weekens from 971,000 in 2008 to 945,000 in 2009. This marks the seconx straight year July 4th travelohas declined. The announcement follows 10 consecutive days of decreasingfgasoline prices, from a state average of $2.66 per gallon on June 20 to $2.6q1 per gallon on June 30. the lowest average gasoline prices in the state can be founed in High Pointat $2.53 per while the highest can be found in Durhaj at $2.66. Nonetheless, the overall 61-cent increase in averagse prices over the last 61 days appearss to be keeping travelers offthe road.
Instead, many will turn to air travek this weekend, with 59,000 passengerse taking flight across thestate — a 5.4 percent increasw from 56,000 during the holidau weekend in 2008.

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