CLIMATE change could lead to the traditional British package holiday to the Mediterranean being consigned to the scrapheap of history, a report has revealed. Rising temperatures and higher sea levels might mean holidaymakers going on very different types of break by 2030, the study for Halifax Travel Insurance predicted. Popular destinations such as Majorca and Ibiza could become too hot and bucketandspade packages could be replaced by British holidays or health, sport and cultural breaks, it added. By 2030, sea levels could rise by 9.8in (25cm) and shorelines could retreat by as much as 1'230ft (375m). Holidaymakers will switch their main holiday from the summer to the winter or spring. Longhaul spots like Florida could be hit by evermore powerful hurricanes and a loss of beaches. Extremes such as drought, torrential rainfall and storms could increase.
Seaside holiday threat
01/09/2013 00:00
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