War prompts Europeans to switch holidays away from eastern Mediterranean

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European holidaymakers are redirecting summer travel plans away from the eastern Mediterranean—including Cyprus, Turkey, and Greece—toward western Mediterranean destinations like Italy, Spain, Malta, and Croatia, as well as the Caribbean. The shift is driven by flight cancellations and airspace closures stemming from the US-Israel war on Iran. Travel companies are counting the economic cost of the Middle East conflict's impact on regional tourism.

Summer holidaymakers opting for ‘more familiar, easy-to-reach locations’ as travel industry counts cost of Middle East conflict Holidaymakers who had planned to visit the eastern Mediterranean this summer are moving their trips to the west and the Caribbean because of the US-Israel war on Iran, travel companies have said. Travellers from the UK and mainland Europe are increasingly swapping their holiday destinations away from Cyprus, Turkey and Greece towards Italy, Spain, Malta and Croatia, as the region around the Middle East grapples with flight cancellations and airspace closures. Continue reading...