"I don't think people are aware that their holiday place may become a mousetrap under fire," said Resco de Dios, who believes governments should publish maps that indicate whether a place is fire safe or not. Steps need to be taken to mitigate the fire risks, in part by reducing the tree cover, so there is less fuel for future wildfires, he said. Resco de Dios said it's a particular concern for tourist destinations that border forests. "The tourist sector must adapt quickly," Resco de Dios, who sees rising threats for tourism as wildfires worsen, said in an email. Víctor Resco de Dios, a professor of forestry at the University of Lleida in Spain, sees wildfires as a specific area of risk that needs to be addressed. That could be a factor for travel and tourism operators as well Dimanche said they'll have to consider the risks their clients could face. "I think increasingly, we are going to have to take into consideration risk assessment for weather and climate change," said Dimanche. He believes that same thinking process could become a bigger part of how people plan their trips in the future. That same risk assessment could become a bigger part of how people plan future trips, he says.
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