WASHINGTON -- AAA projected that some 33.4 million people will
travel over the Labor Day weekend, up 1.8% from last year.
That would be a new high for the last big holiday of the summer.
The previous high was in 1995, when some 33.2 million traveled
during the holiday.
AAA based its projections on a national survey of 1,300 adults.
It also estimated that at least 28.2 million will travel by car, up
2.2% from Labor Day 2002, while 3.7 million will fly, which would
be a 2.6% decline.
At least 1.5 million will travel by train, up 1.4 million over
last year, AAA said. Travelers' most likely destinations included
cities [28%]; towns and rural areas [21%]; oceans and beaches
[18%]; lakes [11%]; mountains [8%]; state/national parks [4%]; and
theme parks [2%].
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