The Effect of Climate Change on European Tourism


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We can read that snowfall will change and waters may rise, but there's no way to tell how much the environmental changes will alter people's disposable income or ability to travel.

Last week we started a series on the impact of climate change on tourism businesses and regions around the world, based on a recently released report from the United Nations scientific panel Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The first in the series was the effect of these changes on coastal and low-lying areas. The second was about the effect on small island nations. The third extract in the series is the impact of climate change and global warming on the continent of Europe:

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