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Youre live with bbc news. to the travel and tourism business now. it accounts for almost 10% of the global economy — and some countries depend on it far more than that. one of those is greece — where thousands of people have been forced to abandon their holidays because of devastating wildfires. all across southern europe popular tourist destinations have been struggling under extreme heat. so what will climate change mean for the tourism industry in the long term? my colleague aaron heslehu...

19,000 people coming through the terminal, about 95% pre—covid levels. and yeah, the airports running well. so what are the popular destinations this year? so its all those usual holiday destinations down to mainland spain, the canary islands, the balearics, all those popular destinations that our customers love to travel to with our airline partners. and as things start to pick up again at the airport, get busier, whats your advice to passengers who are going to be coming here over the summer...

World. it is something that we have to tackle not just with the tourism industry, we have to tackle in all industries and i think, to be fair, tourism and the travel industry, we are doing everything in our hands to mitigate climate change in our activity. to mitigate climate change in our activity-— our activity. your research shows there _ our activity. your research shows there has _ our activity. your research shows there has been - our activity. your research shows there has been a i our ...

Its already severe and its already something that we are just beginning to experience. and no—one is thinking that nobody is going to go to those destinations in the future or other destinations across the globe. for the northern hemisphere at least, having a holiday in the hot months ofjune through to september, its been a tradition for about 200 years. miguel, is it now time for a fundamental rethink of that? because im wondering, again, "what impact would that "have on economies?", given ma...

Many destinations are facing major disruptionjust as the northern hemispheres peak summer season comes into full swing. the united nations sastuly was the hottest month the world has ever seen, and its wreaking havoc for these tourists. translation: we flew without luggage, - left the luggage at the hotel. we were not allowed into the hotel, which was already on fire. translation: its incredible. never experienced such high temperatures. its really awful. i would recommend coming in may, | earli...

That is what the scientists consensus is saying, and the travel industry is very quick to adapt to these changes. we are going to see a rapid and quick adaptation, notjust in terms of tourism flows to other destinations, but in these destinations, there is going to be a quick adaptation to these new conditions and there is going to be a more conscious way of how to experience and how to have a great holiday in destinations that might suffer extreme weather conditions. because, i mean, if you see...

In some of the countries. it is fully renewable. and things like that that we are rapidly growing a transition to a more sustainable travel industry. your research shows that theres been a fall in the number of people hoping to travel to the mediterranean between the months ofjune and november to countries that have, well, certainly seen the worst of the wildfires. miguel, just explain that a bit more, because im wondering, "is that here to stay?" our latest report shows that there is a 10% less...

Let's face it, for most of us taking any surf trips at all comes down to one thing—and that's money. Yeah there's the high-end surf destinations that seem to be commonplace now like fancy resorts in the Mentawais and yoga retreats in Costa Rica, but let's get real. There's nothing ...

Insurance, especially because of the uncertainty and increased volatility that theyll all be experiencing with travel and any travel company that isnt thinking about their insurance policies and in general thinking about the implications of climate change and the impact its going to have on the destinations in which they operate, they are going to face a pretty rude awakening. well, over to the uk where food prices in the country are rising at its lowest rate since last december. as our business...

About this in the future again, with when they travel. so it really we could see a shift in seasonality when those high seasons become most important. and again, another big factor, too, is is also overtourism. i think this has been in the short term, one of the biggest factors on changes in travel patterns. and increasingly were seeing travelers looking for more secondary or kind of less popular destinations or going during off season times to have a better experience. well, over to the uk wher...