As a direct result of climate change, our traditional travel habits will have entirely changed by 2040, according to Justin Francis, CEO of online travel agency Responsible Travel. For starters, forget the Costa del Sol for the school holidays — southern Europe will be too hot in peak season. Instead, Scandinavia and North America will become our summer favourites, he expects.
Your Christmas holidays will change, too. Diminishing snow in the Alps means skiers will head north to Scandinavia, Francis predicts. And when it comes to winter sun, the Caribbean hurricane season will become more unpredictable with global warming. “People won’t take the risk,” he says. “The Caribbean and the Alps will be the big losers.”