Wildfires Put Europe’s Tourism Earnings at Risk | Weather.com

Hoteliers are worried in southeastern Spain's coastal resort city of Benidorm, a longtime favorite for British and Scandinavian tourists., the impact on our economy would be significant," said Antonio Mayor, chair of the hotel and tourism association in the Valencia region, which includes Benidorm. "Our activity is centered on the three summer months.

. Heat records foreshadow changes ahead as the planet warms, scientists say, including more flooding, longer-burning wildfires and extreme weather events that put people at risk.With that in mind, U.S.-based climate technology startup Sensible Weather is developing insurance that would compensate people ifIt's rolled out "weather guarantee" coverage to travel companies in the U.K., France and the U.S.

While people differ on how hot is too hot, "in the simplest version, if it was 42 degrees Celsius for three hours in the middle of the day and you couldn't go out and do an activity, we could give you some money back," he said.8%-10% over a bumper year in 2022, when about 2.6 million people flew in to the Greek island, mostly from Britain and Germany.

"Every day we're seeing more business," he said. "By Aug. 8-10, I think we'll be back to our normal pace at all these resorts," which account for about 90% of the island's 220,000 beds.

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Heat and wildfires put southern Europe’s vital tourism earnings at riskTourists at a seaside hotel on the Greek island of Rhodes snatched up pails of pool water and damp towels as flames approached, rushing to help staffers and locals extinguish one of the wildfires threatening Mediterranean locales during recent heat waves.
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