AAA projects that nearly 2.7 million
Virginians will travel 50 miles or more from home for the 2012 year-end holiday
season, Saturday, December 22 to Tuesday, January 1, a slight increase of just
four tenths of a percentage point from last year.
AAA officials say as gas prices have
been on a steady decline and are expected to continue this downward trend, road
trips continue to make up the bulk of holiday travel. Over 2.4 million
Virginians, or 90 percent of holiday travelers, will hit the roads later this
week. At last report, gas prices in Virginia average $3.11, just four cents
lower than this day last year.
