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Campgrounds See Surge As Vacationers Cut Costs

by Bianca Vazquez Toness, NPR
July 17, 2008

Campgrounds are a vacation destination that appears to be benefiting, rather than feeling the pinch, from high gas prices. Campground owners nationwide say business is up over last summer.

Bianca Vazquez Toness reports from member station WBUR in Boston.

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