The warmth wave across the Mediterranean doesn’t frighten Norwegian Southern vacationers

– We’ve no demand from prospects at house, i.e. those that haven’t traveled, says nation supervisor Eva Marie-Anne Zakrisson in Ving.

She assures that Ving informs its prospects at their locations concerning the native authorities’ recommendation by way of SMS.

– It is about avoiding the solar in the course of the hottest instances of the day, staying within the shade, in search of out barely cooler locations, consuming numerous water, and avoiding an excessive amount of bodily exercise, says Zakrisson.

Unusually early warmth wave

She emphasizes that this yr’s warmth waves in southern Europe have come considerably sooner than they often do. It’s often warmest across the Mediterranean in July-August. This yr, nevertheless, the temperature has already exceeded 40 levels in a number of elements of Greece and Italy.

A number of vacationers have already died from the warmth in Greece. Essentially the most well-known is the British TV character Michael Mosley, who was discovered useless on Symi on 9 June. He had gone for a stroll alone earlier than he disappeared. The Acropolis monument needed to be closed for a number of hours earlier in June as a result of warmth.

Warmth waves have additionally claimed tons of of lives in different elements of the world, significantly in Saudi Arabia the place it has struck in the course of the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Personal accountability

TUI’s communications supervisor Anne Mørk-Løwengreen additionally confirms that there are few adjustments in individuals’s journey plans in comparison with earlier years.

– Individuals are very prepared to flee from chilly summer time climate in Norway, she says.

There’s a clear message from the authorities: It’s your accountability to arrange for the warmth.

– It’s as much as every traveler to familiarize themselves with native situations and make good security assessments. This additionally consists of assessing your individual well being, what warmth you may tolerate and how much well being care is out there the place you’re going, says supervisor Kristin Traavik on the Ministry of Overseas Affairs’ operational centre.

She asks individuals to tune in Overseas Ministry’s journey legal guidelines.

– Doesn’t cowl worry

The journey insurance coverage firms emphasize that they don’t cowl cancellations as a result of warmth wave.

– Journey insurance coverage doesn’t cowl worry, says communications advisor Torbjørn Brandeggen at Tryg Forsikring.

He provides that there haven’t been unusually many inquiries concerning the warmth just lately, however on the similar time the joint vacation has not began.

– A number of years in the past, a buyer known as from northern Norway, the place it was unusually heat for the event. He had booked a vacation to the South, the place it wasn’t so scorching – and would then have lined the cancellation. He did not get that, chuckles If Europeiske’s communications supervisor Sigmund Clementz.

Heatstroke is roofed

On the similar time, each he and Brandeggen are clear that warmth stroke and different issues that come up in the course of the vacation are lined by the journey insurance coverage.

– My advice is that when you want help, whether or not it issues warmth stroke or breaking your leg or different issues, you need to name the journey insurance coverage firm right away, says Clementz.

He additionally reminds that it is very important get salt, you can change this system so that you simply do extra within the morning and night, and that you need to pay explicit consideration to youngsters and the aged.