March 28, 2024
July Fourth travel barely increases
SOUTHLAND – (INT) - The Automobile Club of Southern California is projecting a slight increase in July Fourth holiday travel compared to 2014.

More than 2.98 Southern California residents are expected to take an Independence Day vacation, one-half of one percent higher than the numbers who traveled during last year’s holiday.

Despite the small travel increase, this year’s holiday is expected to have the highest number of July Fourth travelers since 2007, when 3 million Southland residents and 4.88 million statewide took holiday trips.

Seventy-nine percent of Southern California travelers, or 2.4 million, are expected to drive to their holiday destinations, an increase of 0.4 percent from last year’s 2.2 million car travelers. Another 355,000 are expected to go by air, an increase of 1.4 percent from 2014’s 338,000 air travelers.

According to a survey of AAA Travel agents, the top five destinations for Southern Californians this holiday are:

1) Las Vegas
2) San Diego
3) San Francisco
4) California Central Coast (Santa Barbara to Monterey)
5) Grand Canyon/Yosemite

For travelers going by car, gas prices are about 60 cents below those of this time last year, making a July Fourth road trip a little more affordable. The California state average gas price is $3.45, and most local gas stations are charging less than $3.50 a gallon. Neighboring state gas prices are even lower (about $2.70 a gallon in Arizona and $3.20 in Nevada).
Story Date: July 5, 2015
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