$3/Litre Fear: Fuel Crisis Forces Australians to Holiday Local

With unleaded petrol peaking at an average of almost $2.59 a litre, and diesel at almost $3.23, Australian travellers are shifting their plans.
Those who scheduled holidays to coincide with the April school holidays are now opting to stay much closer to home.
A new survey has found that 23 percent of holidaymakers with bookings over the next three months have changed their plans to reduce the amount of travel. Of those, 36.2 percent have cut their planned journey by at least 300 kilometres.
The survey was carried out by Reflections Holidays, which manages 40 holiday parks across coastal and inland NSW.
CEO Nick Baker noted that the shift in sentiment between mid-March and Easter shows that while travellers are more cautious about costs, they remain determined to take their break….

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