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AAA Projects a 2.5 Percent Decrease in Independence Day Travel as Americans ...

The amount of money spent each month on gas is unlikely to vary greatly across income groups of households, while the share of total fuel is obviously going to consume a larger share of the budget of low-income households. As a result, the percentage of travelers with an income of about 32.8 million people plan to travel by car and it's a drop of almost one million passengers by car from the 33.7 million who led last year.Travel by car remains the dominant mode of transport (84 percent of holiday travelers), although gasoline prices by about a dollar a gallon more expensive than a year ago in many parts of the country. If the current market conditions persist, the AAA provides that the national average price of regular gasoline to remain in a survey of travelers who found that 56 percent said rising gas prices would have no impact of their travel plans.For the rest of 44 percent who said rising gas prices would impact their travel plans, saving seven out of ten in other areas and three in ten plan to take a short drive or travel by other mode.

Travelers concerned about how fuel prices will impact their travel budget can make free use AAA, based on GPS TripTik ® Mobile application to compare prices for all grades of gasoline at stations near . TripTik Mobile is available for the iPhone and Android.Travelers can also use Mobile TripTik for maps and directions, AAA Approved and Diamond rated hotel and restaurant information complete with notes AAA inspector, and details on attractions, events and approved repair automobile.

Number of air travelers is expected to increase nine percent just over three million tourists (eight per cent of holidaymakers) will fly during the holiday weekend, an increase of nine percent, from 2.75 million the year last air travelers.This increase continues a rebound in air travel that began in 2010 following the weakest year for air travel over the last ten - 2009 and 2008. The rising cost of gasoline is a factor contributing to increased air travel, as the rising cost of travel by car is making air travel a more viable option for some travelers, despite recent increases in air fares . The remaining eight percent of travelers are expected to travel by other modes, including trains, buses and boats.

Orlando: Uncle Sam Meets Mickey Mouse | Newgeography.com

Hawks and doves disagree on whether World War II ended the Great Depression.  Depending on which species of bird squawks louder, military spending may be the only way out of our current financial malaise.  In many ways it is already happening, although it is a surreptitious and quiet influence felt mostly in the high-tech economic sector.  Defense growth in one of the most unlikely places – Orlando, Florida – has already begun to diversify the region’s income stream, create a new urban corner of Central Florida, and tap into some of the natural allies and partners that already exist here.  Mickey Mouse is now sharing Orlando with Uncle Sam as the militarization of the local economy increases.

America’s current rough patch, as Dr. Roger Siebert recently wrote about  , seems to be deeper than any in recent memory, and recalls the 1930s.  During that time, isolationism was only cured by a slap in the face:  Pearl Harbor.  Today’s isolationism, so vigorously voiced in the calls to depart Afghanistan, seems to echo that period.  Enlistment in the military isn’t exactly vigorous, and intervention in troubled regions is not on the radar screen of even the most ardent hawk.  America seems too self-involved at the moment to care.

Yet at this very same time, Pentagon spending is quietly rising in the modeling, simulation, and training fields.  Already employing 53,000 Floridians, 9,000 more than the state’s hallowed agriculture industry, this growth sector is hugely dependent upon a high-skilled, high-wage workforce.  The ability to train soldiers, sailors, and pilots without the expense of actual bombs and equipment has clearly demonstrated its benefits to the satisfaction of the military brass, making it inevitable that more is to come.

Co-located next to Florida’s premier high-tech medical research park, Lake Nona, the National Simulation Center is the most common name used to describe the efforts underway at the Central Florida Research Park on the east side of town.  More importantly, however, the Center is adjacent to the University of Central Florida.  Already the second largest university in the country, UCF is home to much of this Center’s local 18,000 workforce.   With Navy, Air Force, and Marines research and training, the Simulation Center has quietly become the world’s largest military simulator  .

Regionally, it leverages its old Naval Training Center roots and proximity to NASA facilities at Cape Canaveral to capture workers, skill sets, and continuous research and improvement.    While the town struggles with slumping tourism and anemic population growth, the high-tech military industry is rapidly taking over as one of the biggest new economies to hit Florida.

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