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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lauren Almeida

War prompts Europeans to switch holidays away from eastern Mediterranean

a sandy beach in a crystal blue water bay
Kabak beach at Fethiye, in Turkey’s southern Muğla province. Bookings in Turkey, Cyprus and Greece are suffering because of the Middle East war. Photograph: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy

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.

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