Europeans considering trips to the seaside in April instead of July

In Europe, the summer holiday season typically sees many tourists flocking to the islands and beaches, but the worsening heatwave may change this trend in the future. — AFP

Could the peak tourist season shift to a different time of year? This is one solution increasingly being bandied about by professionals in the European tourism industry as a means of reckoning with the reality of global warming.

With climate change’s hotter temperatures, July could be a less popular time to go on holiday on the continent, while April could become the prime vacation period of the year.