“Flight tickets to Bordeaux are still being booked for the coming days,” wrote Catharina Solli, press manager at the airline Norwegian, to Swedish newswire TT.

Bordeaux is the Norwegian destination closest to the fires raging in Southern Europe. The airline is not seeing an increase in cancellations compared to previous years.

“However, our customer service receives some inquiries from travellers wondering if the airport is in operation, which it is. We are following the situation closely and are monitoring ongoing updates from authorities,” wrote Catharina Solli in an email response.

Neither have the travel companies that TT has been in contact with noticed that customers have cancelled trips due to the fires in France and Spain.

"Some people want to get advice about their travel destination and make sure it is not in the fire-stricken areas," Louise Jellvi, press communicator at the travel agency Ticket, told TT.

Ticket has seen an increase in trips to France and Spain in the past week, compared to last year.

"Between July 21st to July 27th this year, the number of travellers booked to Spain has increased by 29 percent compared to the same period last year, and to France we see an increase of 22 percent," said Jellvi.

Travel expert Lottie Knutson says that this may be because most trips for the summer are already booked and that cancellations are tricky.

"Travel habits can also be long-lasting. Everyone knows that there are fires in Southern Europe, even if they are unusually scary this year," she said.

Examples of when travel habits have changed include the war in the Middle East, which has made it difficult to attract tourists, said Knutson. Travel to the US has also been affected by people's feelings about President Donald Trump.

If the fires continue at this rate, it will have consequences for travel, she believes.

"More people will probably avoid Southern Europe during the hottest months. We will also book closer to the departure time and choose refundable tickets to a greater extent," said Knutson to TT.

On Tuesday, French Trade and Tourism Minister Serge Papin, on the French television channel TF1, urged tourists to “not automatically” cancel their stays in the fire-stricken areas. He said he has high hopes of opening the evacuated areas, where the fire has not caused any damage, by August.

According to the Swedish Consumer Agency (Konsumverket), there is no statutory right of withdrawal for air travel; it is the airlines' own terms and conditions that apply. But it is always possible to cancel a flight. Then you can get back certain fees that the airline did not pay because the trip was cancelled, as well as flight taxes.

The Package Travel Act protects travellers against changes that the organiser of a trip makes before or during the trip. The Package Travel Act applies when it concerns a linked travel arrangement or a package trip.

A package trip can be cancelled and refunded without the organiser charging a cancellation fee, in the event of extraordinary events at the destination, for example in the event of a war or a large-scale forest fire.