Via Express:

Holidaymakers fleeing the UK for their traditional summer break are likely to opt for alternative destinations to avoid the sweltering heat, which has this month seen thermometers in Cyprus hit a whopping 63C.

The frightening predictions, calling an end to the traditional exodus to the Mediterranean, were made by the European Commission investigating the savage effects of climate change.

Experts predict the trips Brits do take to southern Europe will be shorter and outside peak season to avoid the worst of the searing heat.

The report will send shockwaves across the Mediterranean, where millions of people’s livelihoods depend on the influx of visitors each year.

The study by European Commission officials found the tourist industries in Spain and Bulgaria will be worst hit by the effects of climate change.

Resorts in the Balkans across the former Soviet east will actually benefit from the dire consequences of man-made global warming.

Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia and Slovakia are likely to gain the most, the report claims.