Package holiday ‘will be history’

Climate change may lead to the British package holiday to the Mediterranean becoming “consigned to the scrapbook of history”, a report claims.

Places like Majorca may be too hot by 2030, and replaced by UK holidays, and health, sport and cultural visits, the Halifax Travel Insurance study said.

The report said more extreme weather events and higher temperatures may put tourists at greater risk abroad.

People may switch their main holiday to the winter or the spring, it suggested.

By 2030, global sea levels could rise by 25cm and shorelines could retreat by as much as 1,230ft, it is claimed.

BBC