Americans will take 150 million fewer trips this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, a decline of nearly 15% from last year, according to AAA.
However, AAA forecasts people will hit the road this summer in numbers very close to recent years. AAA projects 683 million road trips from July to September. That's only a 3% decline from last summer and a 0.4% decline from summer 2018.
The automobile club has issued summer travel forecasts for years. But this year, because of the coronavirus outbreak, itAAA projects a total of 707 million trips this summer, including road, air and rail. The vast majority of trips this summer – 96.5% –Paula Twidale, AAA's senior vice president for travel, said Americans are more likely to book weekend getaways than extended vacations, places they can drive to instead of flying.
"When they do venture out, the greatest share of travelers," she said, "will take to the road to satisfy their wanderlust."Airlines and Amtrak are operating at reduced capacity. AAA forecasts that air travel this summer will be down 74% from last year. Though air travel has rebounded since falling more than 90% in April, it remains down roughly 80% over last June. According to the Transportation Security Administration, 471,421 travelers went through airport security checkpoints on Tuesday, down from more than 2.5 million on June 23, 2019.Cruise companies have generally
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