| The travel industry in the United Kingdom has | | | | their original plans for a UK holiday to one abroad |
| been bracing itself for awful summer sales figures | | | | - and Majorca has benefitted from a late surge in |
| for traditionally popular holidays in Majorca and | | | | holiday bookings from British families anxious to |
| other areas of Spain, but an awful summer for | | | | get some sun before facing the winter back |
| the weather in the UK has led to a pick up in | | | | home. |
| holiday bookings, rescuing what could have been | | | | Compounding the dilemma many families have |
| the worst year for a long time for overseas | | | | faced over whether to holiday at home in the UK |
| travel. | | | | or to take one in Majorca has been that so many |
| The wash-out in Britain has been so sustained | | | | weather forecasts have been wrong - even |
| that those tourists who hadn't booked by the | | | | weather forecasts for 24 hours or less away. |
| time the summer holidays arrived often changed | | | | |