More travelers will take to the roads and skies this holiday season and spend a little more on travel than a year ago, AAA said in a new forecast released Thursday. (Read more: America's Most Popular Holiday Destination Is... ?)
AAA projects 93.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holiday period defined as December 22 to January 1. That's up 1.6 percent from the 91.8 million people who traveled during the same time last year.
"Primary economic indicators all show modest improvement from last year and AAA is projecting an increase in the number of Americans stuffing their stockings with airline tickets and hotel reservations," said AAA President and CEO Robert Darbelnet, in a prepared statement.
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