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Consumer: Travel Tuesday -- cooling down for vacation

The coolcation trend in travel took off a few years ago as regions around the world have grown hotter….prompting some travelers to actively seek out vacations in cooler destinations. This summer, heat waves in Europe have been relentless, bringing drought, wildfires and other weather extremes to some countries. But as CBS News Correspondent Wendy Gillette reports in today’s Travel Tuesday from the Swiss Alps, there are cooler spots to be found on the continent.