Travel expected to rise modestly in 2010

June 08, 2010 |

The U.S. Travel Association said more consumers are ready to take a break from home this year with 2.3 percent more vacation travel expected than in 2009.

"We think people will take a vacation from 'staycations," IHS Global Insight economist Steve Piraino said, the Christian Science Monitor reported Monday.

"Staycation" refers to a vacation spent without leaving home, which became more popular in the past two years while the economy suffered.

Piraino predicted travel would not reach the levels of 2006 or 2007, but would still improve this year.

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