Spain’s 40C summers are here to stay and British tourists can’t take it
Spain’s 40C summers are here to stay and British tourists can’t take it
by theipaper
Spain’s 40C summers are here to stay and British tourists can’t take it
Spain’s 40C summers are here to stay and British tourists can’t take it
by theipaper
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Rising numbers of Britons are forgoing traditional summer holidays in the [Mediterranean](https://inews.co.uk/topic/mediterranean?srsltid=AfmBOoq_U_LpvzU1I2Q3R2HgczzqCa3nzzbptRdkR4qhR3G3A7gat7VE&ico=in-line_link) because of surging temperatures and opting instead for cooler destinations or travelling off-season.
[British holidaymakers](https://inews.co.uk/topic/brits-abroad?srsltid=AfmBOopOiA9PHz7I4Besv2tlQc9ktP23-YX4WWeQWoHjYnw2-Jr9n9Gt&ico=in-line_link) are increasingly avoiding travelling to European holiday hotspots such as Spain and Greece in August as the continent enters an “uncharted territory of climate change” and [heatwaves](https://inews.co.uk/topic/heatwave?srsltid=AfmBOoptZ8MBxJjEuEwObJlg8k9dcl1bPSqHmC0gtnyKmafvBhXmCFd1&ico=in-line_link) become more common, according to tourism and climate experts.
This summer, [Europe has been hit by successive heatwaves](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/how-long-europes-46c-heatwave-could-last-and-if-it-will-affect-your-holiday-3780333?srsltid=AfmBOoq71Ju7-sBmXjB2-PGlLeRwRiQT6G_6oAWiSCiLajjoC0SOSACl&ico=in-line_link), with temperatures often surpassing 40°C across the south of the continent.
In Florence in northern Italy, where tourists are predicted to see the mercury rise to 40 °C, a four-year-old boy died of heatstroke. On Monday, half of France was placed under a heatwave warning, while [Spain](https://inews.co.uk/topic/spain?srsltid=AfmBOopX1iuhrr2WksgDxO2wTHLEBmhSxjlEN8HBJo8ZpMbwM-KFE0ez&ico=in-line_link), which is grappling with two major [wildfires](https://inews.co.uk/topic/wildfires?srsltid=AfmBOopWUjEzB_6reeMyE0Ciqg0c9nsQrtpkDnjrMTgMLhCYqUFqaQrH&ico=in-line_link), has been issued with weather alerts, warning of “extreme danger” in Zaragoza and the Basque Country in the north of the country.
In three to five years, we may see the end of the traditional August holiday, according to Manuel Alector Ribeiro, an associate professor in Tourism Management at Surrey University.
“There has been a change in British holidaymakers’ behaviour,” he said, “in terms of how they are booking holidays, especially to the Mediterranean, and that is related to the heatwaves.”
“The tourist seasons are extending,” Professor Ribeiro told *The i Paper.* “Seasons are increasing around May and June, and September and October to avoid extreme temperatures and big crowds. October is the new August.”
thats one way to reduce tourism im sure the Spanish people are celebrating rn
Who needs the med in August when it’s 30 degrees at home!
And even though people know the world is getting hotter, the world burns more easily, they still want to take a plane to relax, when it is one of the reasons the world is getting hotter. Because everybody and their grandmoms are flying absolutely everywhere all the time.
Even now in Denmark, people are at average travelled abroad more than twice a year flying everywhere.
Before 2005, people only flew once every other year.
This is non sustainable and everbody knows it, but change nothing.
Maybe they can vacation in their own country from now on xxx
No, they’re not here to stay. It’s going to get hotter.
They won’t be missed.
Never understood the appeal of travel to Spain. Like it seems…ok…
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