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Show PREDICT MILLIONS WILL TOUR IN 1928 Forty-four million people, spending three and a half million dollars, will take vacation motor tours during 1928, according to estimates received by the Utah State Automobile Association, As-sociation, from the A. A. A., which body prophecies that an unprecented share of this motor migration will enter the inter-mountain territory. The estimate is based upon detailed study of figures for the past year and allowing for a normal growth of 10 per ent in 1928. Reports for 1927 show that 29,000,-000 29,000,-000 people in 7,250,000 cars patronized patron-ized hotels and tourist homes. On this basis the total of this class of motorists should soar to 32,000,000 this year. Figuring 4 persons to a car, and allowing each occupant an expenditure expendi-ture of $7.50 a day, for an average period of 10 days, the army of motorists mo-torists patronizing hotels and resorts would spend nearly $2,500,000,000 in 1928. More than 11,000,000 campers used about 2,750,000 cars, including house cars fitted up for housekeeping and as trailers. This would justify the estimate that more than 12,000,000 campers will use over 3,000,000 cars to visit the great outdoors this year. The campers spend three times as much away from home as the hotel tourist, and on a basis of $3.30 per day, per person, nearly $1,250,000,000 will be left along the gasoline trail by this class of motorist. |
