The most popular destinations for Southern Californians over this Christmas-New Year holiday, according to a poll of Auto Club AAA Travel agents, are, in this order, Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Diego, Arizona and Mexico. Cruises and travel on trains and buses is expected to increase 2.4 percent, to 3.4 million travelers. Most of them, 3.8 million, plan to drive to their destination, up 2.4 percent from previous year.
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The year-end holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday, December 23 through Sunday, January 3. “However, these numbers should remind our elected officials in Washington to keep our roads, railroads and airports a priority, so that travelers can spend their time with their loved ones this holiday season instead of sitting stuck in traffic or on the tarmac”.
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“Falling gas prices will lead to more North Carolinians traveling to celebrate the holidays and ring in the New Year with family and friends”, said David E. Parsons, president and CEO of AAA Carolinas.
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The increase in holiday travel this year is being driven by continued improvement in the labor market, rising incomes and low prices, including gas prices that remain well below last year’s levels, officials said.
Low gasoline prices are also having an impact.
While prices are slightly higher in North Carolina, coming in around $1.97 state wide, AAA predicts prices will continue to decline in 2016. If that prediction holds, it would be a 1.4 percent increase from last year and the seventh consecutive year of growth. That’s down from $2.08 a week ago, $2.10 a month ago and $2.64 a year ago.
AAA Two Diamond Rated hotel prices have risen 11% with an average nightly cost of $119.
During the 12-day holiday travel period, AAA expects to rescue almost 900,000 motorists nationwide because of dead batteries, lockouts and flat tires.
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The year-end holiday forecast was conducted by IHS Global Insight on behalf of AAA.
