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Colorado Among Top Memorial Day Destinations In 2022
Brace yourself, Colorado — a lot of guests are expected to arrive over the Memorial Day weekend, according to a new AAA report.
DENVER, CO — Memorial Day air travel this year is expected to be the highest since 2011, and 35 million people are hitting the roadways in the United States, according to a new American Automobile Association report. So where is everyone going? Well, many are flying into Denver International Airport, AAA says.
Here are the top Memorial Day destinations in the U.S.:
- Orlando, FL
- Seattle, WA
- Miami, FL
- Las Vegas, NV
- Anaheim, CA
- New York, NY
- Denver, CO
- Anchorage, AK
- Boston, MA
- Honolulu, HI
In all, about 39.2 million people plan Memorial Day excursions, according to the report.
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Although travel is bouncing back, Americans' wanderlust has been curbed to some extent by the highest inflation in four decades — especially for gas, food, lodging and airfare. While travel is expected to increase 8.3 percent over 2021, that's only 93 percent of the travel volume in 2019, AAA said.
About 3 million people — or about 7.7 percent of holiday travelers — are expected to get on airplanes. That's a 25 percent increase over 2021, when many since-lifted COVID-19 restrictions were in place.
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The number of people who plan to travel by bus or train, or take a cruise, is expected to triple this year to 1.3 million people.
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