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WCCB Charlottes CW AAA predicts 60% more travelers than last year, still 14% below pre-pandemic levels May 17, 2021 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (News Release) – For the 1 million North Carolinians expected to travel by car this Memorial Day, gas prices are trending more than $1 higher than last year, when demand plummeted as much of the country was under stay-at-home orders. Now, at $2.93, North Carolina gas price averages are 29 cents more than this time in May 2019. “Many Carolinians are so eager to ...

60% More Travelers Expected This Memorial Day Holiday Weekend 12 May 2021 More than 37 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more this Memorial Day holiday weekend. That’s a 60% increase from last year. Only 23 million traveled, the lowest on record since AAA began recording in 2000. According to AAA, in Florida, more than 2 million residents are forecast to take a trip during the holiday weekend. That’s a 62% increase from last year, when fewer than 1.3 million residents...