The Orlando Sentinel writes:
Tens of thousands of travelers will begin pouring into and out of Orlando this weekend, as locals head home for the holidays and tourists arrive for winter-break vacations.
It's an annual ritual that could be even more pronounced than usual this year because most Central Florida school districts won't release their students until Friday -- leaving families just three travel days before Christmas.
Nationally, the American Automobile Association predicts that 53 million Americans will drive at least 50 miles this holiday season and another 8.9 million will fly. The organization says Floridians alone will account for 3.4 million of those drivers and 639,000 of the airline passengers.
Many of those on the road or in the air will be coming to Orlando: Booking data from the online travel agencies Yahoo Travel and Orbitz rank Orlando among the top 10 destinations for Christmas and New Year's Eve travelers this winter.
A separate survey of 34 hotels by the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau found that 38 percent of them expect higher room occupancy than a year ago, compared with just 15 percent who expect bookings to fall.
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