BRUSSELS: Belgium’s seaside resorts are threatening to sue a top weather site they say is dissuading tourists with coastal forecasts of a gloomy summer, the Belgian press reported.
The resorts slammed MeteoBelgique.be, one of Belgium’s most consulted weather pages, for posting a weather overview for the three summer months, when most sites only offer a 10-day forecast
“It’s very hard to predict the weather so far in advance. So why make people panic?” said Hoorens Geert, in charge of tourism for the Belgian coast, quoted by the Belgian daily La Meuse. The site said in a June blog post the weather would remain erratic over the coming months, especially in late July and early August, after an early summer marked by little sunshine and heavy rainfall.
The post included a reminder that “a dry, hot summer in Belgium, if that happens, like in 2003 and 2006, remains an exception that proves the rule.” “No, we are not in a Mediterranean climate where the summers are warm and rainfall is minor. It’s important to remember...” the weather site wrote in June.
But Belgian resorts say the forecast is chasing away their customers, with the head of tourism at Knokke confirming there had already been cancelations.
Belgian resorts threaten to sue site over gloomy forecasts
