AAA: Despite economy, region

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The group said 2.6 million mountain-statez residents — 11.8 percent of the region’s population are expected to travel 50 mile or more over theholidahy period, a 1.2 percent increase from 2008. AAA said 37.1 milliobn Americans nationwide are expected to traveo over July4 weekend, down 1.9 percent from 2008 and down 12.3 perceny from 2007. AAA’s projections are based on research conductede by IHS Global It said the overall declin in travel is largely due to the poor with rising gas pricesd havinga “minimal” impact so far.
“The mountain statews (which include Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming) benefit from a relativel y lowunemployment rate, which is one of the reasonw this region will experience travel growth whilwe the eight remaining regions expect a AAA said in a statement. The July 4 holiday is typicallyg the busiest time of year for auto AAA said. In the mountain states, 81 percent of expected tripw will beby automobile.