Climate Change May Bring More EU Tourists To UK - (Not What You Think)

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Climate change could "dramatically" change the face of British tourism in the next 20 years, with European tourists flocking to the UK to escape unbearably hot continental summers, experts say. Research shows that European tourists may choose to holiday in Britain as resorts nearer to home become too hot.

Weather changes may provide revival opportunities for northern seaside towns such as Blackpool and put new strains on roads and development in southern coastal resorts, a study in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism said.

Academic David Viner, a researcher at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit in Norwich, produced the report after analysing the work of experts around the globe.

"The likelihood that Mediterranean summers may be too hot for tourists after 2020, as a result of too much heat and water shortages," the study said.

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http://travel.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1832631,00.html

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1. GB will be just a passing phase. The *real* savvy investment...

will be coastal property on Greenland and Antarctica. That's for subsistance farming, not vacation property.

[NNadir]

2. Good point.

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3. It's been lovely in London these past few weeks.

I heard about some fellow who wears armor for the benefit of tourists who was photographed frying eggs on his breastplate.

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4. "Iceland - Europe's Tropical Paradise Awaits You"

This is serious. I wonder if this is just an unusually hot summer or if it's the beginning of a trend.