Washington- AAA projects that over 42 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this memorial day weekend, a 7% increase over the previous year.
This year, 2.7 million more people will travel for the memorial day compared to last year. About 3.4 million of those travelers will be flying to their destination. Air travel over the holiday weekend is projected to exceed pre-pandemic levels, with 170,000 more passengers than in 2019.
37.1 million Americans will drive to their destinations, an increase of over 2 million compared to 2022. Despite slightly lower gas prices compared to 2022, car travel over memorial day weekend will be about 500,000 travelers shy of pre-pandemic levels.
Those traveling by bus or train are expected to total 1.85 million, a 20.6% increase over 2022.
