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Show ! Increased Travel Predicted for 1928 ' Foity-four million peopple, spond-I spond-I ing three and a half billion dollars, j will take vacation motor tours during j 1028, according to estimates reei'i' ed frorn the American Automobile Association, As-sociation, which body prophecies that i an unprecedented share of this motor l migration will enter the intermoun-I intermoun-I tain territory. The estimate is based i upon detailed study of figures for th" . past year and allowing for a norma! growth of 10 per cent in 1028. j Reports for 1927 show that 20,000,-'ino 20,000,-'ino people in 1,250,000 cars patronized patroniz-ed hotels and tourist homes. On this , basis the total of this class of motor-! motor-! ists should soar to 12,000,000 this I yr a r. i Figuring I person to a car, nnd allowing al-lowing each occupant an expenditure of $7. HO a day, for an average period of 10 days, the army of motorist, patronizing hotels and resorts would spend nearly $2,500,000,000 in 1028. More than 11,000,000 campers used about 2,7.r0,000 cars, including house cars fitted up for housekeeping and as trailers. This would 4fisti fy th" estimate that more thaii .12,000,000 campers will use over 3,000,000 cars to visit the great outdoors this year. The camper spends three times as long away fron home as the hotel tourist, and on a basis of $3.30 per dav, per person, nearly $1,250,000,000 I will be left along the gasoline trail j by this class of motorist. , |