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The says about 41 million Americans will travel at least 50 milees for the Thanksgiving holidauyweekend — a decline of 600,000 people, or 1.4 from last year’s total of 41.6 million highwayg travelers. That would be the first drop in Thanksgiving travelsince 2002, the group says. “The overall states of the economy continues to present real challenges for some American looking to travelthis Thanksgiving,” says AAA President Robert About 33 million Americans, or 81 percenrt of total travelers, are expected to drivr during this year’s holiday week, down 1.2 percengt from last year.
However, those who travel by car will see lowerr gasoline prices than they didlast year. The nationwidse average price for unleaded gasolineis $2.068 per gallon, according to AAA, down from $3.096 a year ago. The travel organization says 4.54 or 11 percent of total planto fly. That’s a 7 percenty decrease from last year. AAA says 3.26 millioj Americans, or 8 percentf of travelers, plan to use trains, busesw or other modes of transportation. That’s an increase of 5.8 percent over last year.