AAA Holiday Travel Forecast For New England
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Almost 2 million New Englanders — or 13.3 percent of the population — are expected to travel this Thanksgiving, taking to roads, rails and the air to gather round turkey-topped tables with family and friends. That would be about a .06 percent increase over the region's travel numbers last Thanksgiving. Most New England Thanksgiving travel will take place on the road, about 1.71 million people traveling by motor vehicle, according to the AAA Thanksgiving Travel Forecast. That number of road warriors would represent a modest increase — about .07 percent — over the 2011 figure. Air travel is expected to slip a little, dropping 1.6 percent from last year's numbers in New England, the forecast states. Nationally, 43.6 million Americans are …
