| Posted
7-4-08
Americans
Planning Inexpensive Fourth of July: Survey
(NewsRoom) -- Most
Americans are planning an inexpensive Fourth of July holiday this year,
due to surging gasoline prices that have forced them to curb travel, according
to a new poll.
Zogby International,
which conducted the survey, said 65 percent of those asked said they wouldn't
be traveling far for the holiday. Another 10 percent said they would stay
closer to home this year than last year.
Twenty percent said
they would travel just as far as they did last year, while 5 percent said
they'd travel more.
Spiraling gasoline
prices have led to reduced driving time for tens of millions of Americans.
"It surprises
me because people usually mark the middle of their summer across America
with a fairly robust celebration of the nation's independence," Zogby
spokesman Fritz Wenzel told Reuters.
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