A recent study by British insurers, the Halifax Travel Insurance says that climate change may lead to the British package holiday to the Mediterranean becoming “consigned to the scrapbook of history”. Places like Majorca may be too hot by 2030, and replaced by UK holidays, and health, sport and cultural visits. The report said more extreme weather events and higher temperatures may put tourists at greater risk abroad.

People may switch their main holiday to the winter or the spring, for example, a winter holiday to the Mediterranean and a summer holiday to Sweden might become a popular trend. By 2030, global sea levels could rise by 25cm affecting large parts of the Maldives and Seychelles which could be submerged and shorelines could retreat by as much as 1,230ft, it is claimed. As much as 90% of the world's reefs, including Australia's Great Barrier Reef could die. Long-haul destinations such as Florida could be hit by increasingly powerful hurricanes and a loss of beaches. And extreme conditions such as drought, storms and torrential rainfall could increase, according to the study.