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Danes look abroad for holidays as rain dominates summer at home

Persistent rainy and cool weather has had an immediate impact on the demand for holidays abroad, according to a travel company in Denmark.

Danes look abroad for holidays as rain dominates summer at home
The Austrian passport is one of the most powerful in the world for travel. Photo by Weiqi Xiong on Unsplash

Last month was reported to be one of the wettest ever months of July in Denmark, and the weather has arguably got worse in August with storms, heavy rain and strong winds across the country this week. 

Although June saw a long dry, hot spell, the second half of the summer has been so wet and cool that the demand for holidays abroad has jumped sharply, according to Danish travel agency Apollo.

In a press statement on Friday, the company said it had registered a 35 percent increase in sales compared with last week. 

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That is evidence that the desire for foreign travel among Danish customers is closely connected to the weather at home, Apollo said.

“So far this week Apollo can report a sales increase of no less than 35 percent compared to last week, which also had an increase of 25 percent compared to the week before,” the travel company’s statement reads.

Sales were mainly for travel in August and September, but interest in winter holidays is also up according to the company.

“Travel sales are now going as quickly as the nice weather here at home disappeared,” Apollo head of sales Glenn Bisgaard said in the statement.

“The majority of current orders are from sun-thirsty Danes who didn’t travel abroad this summer and who now feel as though autumn has already arrived,” he said.

Mediterranean destinations are particularly popular for such customers, he noted.

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Autumn and winter holidays, including those during school holidays, are also seeing increased sales, Apollo claims.

“In the autumn school holidays, some hotels and travel destinations are already almost sold out,” the company said in the statement.

The common factor for the most popular travel destinations is a guarantee of sunshine as well as short travel time, particularly during the winter, the company said.

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Parts of Denmark to be hit by close to a whole month’s rain on Tuesday

Parts of Denmark could get as more than 40mm of rain on Tuesday, on the final day of the wet weather the country has suffered since Saturday.

Parts of Denmark to be hit by close to a whole month's rain on Tuesday

The low pressure front that has been moving through Denmark will hit the islands of Funen and the west of Zealand in the morning on Tuesday, hitting the Kattegat straits and eastern Jutland at around midday before moving north over central and northern Jutland over the afternoon.  

According to a forecast by public broadcaser DR, the heaviest rain will be in the northern part of Juland, where most areas will receive between 25mm and 35mm of rain, with areas receiving over 40mm, close to the average of 47mm for the the entire month of May. 

Police on the island of Funen have called on all motorists to make sure their lights are working properly and to turn them on, saying there have already been accidents today due with motorists whose rear lights are not working, meaning they cannot be seen in the heavy rain. 

There were two accidents on Tuesday on the motorway between Middelfart and Odense. 

Tuesday marks the third day in a row when there have been heavy downpours over parts of Denmark, with Morud in the north of Funen on Sunday suffering a cloudburst which led to 27mm to fall in just 30mm.

Earlier on Tuesday 18.8mm of rain fell in just 30 minutes in Roskilde, during a thunderstorm. 

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