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WCCB Charlotte's 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 travel, we don’t expect higher gas prices to interfere with their plans,” said Tiffany Wright, ...

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 traveled, due to the pandemic. Florida Memorial Day Travel Volumes     “A year’s worth of pen...