The end of summer holidays on the Mediterranean?

The World

Thousands of tourists evacuated off the Greek island of Rhodes last month are being offered a free holiday on the island next year by the country’s government. The offer is just one attempt by the Greek government to try and erase some of the the bad publicity that the tourist hot spot suffered because of catastrophic wildfires. But a new report by the European Commission suggests that summer holidays on the Mediterranean coast may soon be in jeopardy if temperatures continue to soar. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports

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