At the end of a season of unprecedented heat across the Med, many summer travellers are opting for destinations like the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Ireland and Denmark.
The holiday apartment in Alicante, Spain, has been a fixture of Lori Zaino's in-laws' family since her husband's grandparents purchased it in the 1970s. As a baby, it's where her husband took his first steps; he and Zaino have spent their summer holidays there almost every year for the last 16 years – now with a toddler in tow.
Against such a backdrop, there's another loss that might seem far less important – but is a poignant reminder of how climate change is reshaping both our everyday and economic realities: the effect on the Mediterranean summer holiday. Part of this could be down to consumers tightening their belts, with the ETC finding that nearly a quarter of respondents expressed concern about the rise of travel costs. And some could be instability as the tourism continues to recover from the Covid pandemic; in July 2023, international tourist arrivals globally still were at only.
"Consumers are aware of how climate change is affecting weather in Europe and what impact this could have on their holiday. This is having a notable effect on travel flows in Europe," Santander said. These trends are expected to continue, if not intensify, in the coming years."Conditions in the summer in the Mediterranean are predicted to become worse," said Bas Amelung, assistant professor of environmental systems analysis at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, who researches climate change and tourism impacts."It's still difficult to predict exactly what it will mean, but I think we have to prepare for the worst.
Summer travellers will increasingly opt for destinations with milder temperatures, such as the Welsh coast
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