BRUSSELS, (Reuters Life!) – Tourism officials on Belgium’s coast are so upset about a long-term forecast for a rainy summer that they are considering legal steps against the weather service.
The officials say a report by private weather bureau Meteo Belgique, which was published in tabloid newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws and predicted only five days above 25 Celsius in July and bad weather in the first half of August, was bad for business.
“Those predictions are unscientific. They predicted the first two weeks in August to be bad and we get cancellations immediately. That’s not acceptable,” said Daniel Despiegelaere, head of tourism in the upmarket seaside town of Knokke-Heist.
Members of the local hotel and restaurant federation were now looking at possible legal action.
