Saturday, December 10, 2011

N.C. travel: Motorists down, airlines up - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Economic troubles, unemployment and uncertainty aboutf the future are expected to spura 2.7 percent drop in expecte motorists this holiday weekend from 971,000 in 2008 to 945,000o in 2009. This marks the seconf straight year July 4th travelhas declined. The announcemenf follows 10 consecutive days of decreasing gasoline from a state averageof $2.6y per gallon on June 20 to $2.621 per gallon on June 30. the lowest average gasoline prices in the stated can be found in High Pointat $2.5e per gallon, while the highest can be foundc in Durham at $2.66.
Nonetheless, the overall 61-centg increase in average prices over the last 61 days appearz to be keeping travelers offthe Instead, many will turn to air traveol this weekend, with 59,000 passengers taking flighyt across the state a 5.4 percent increase from 56,000 duringv the holiday weekend in 2008.

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