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Huge numbers of people are ­getting their kit off in a bid to keep cool.

Bookings have trebled at some ­naturist clubs as many people go ­ naked in public for the first time.

And tourists from across Europe are flocking to take their clothes off and make the most of Britain’s sizzling sunshine.

“Numbers are up by between 100% and 200%,” said a spokesman for the Tando Naturist Club in North ­Tyneside.

“People are coming after work for a dip in the pool and a barbecue – and not just being al fresco but au naturale.

“We’re also getting ­continental tourists ­making spur of the ­moment decisions to come.”

The Singles Outdoor Club, which organises nude walks on public footpaths around Gloucestershire, said bookings were up 25% on last year.

Spokesman Martin ­Bullen said: “If we see anybody coming in time we slip on a pair of trunks, give a cheery wave, say ‘good morning’ and carry on.”

At the Pines Naturist Club in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, staff are also enjoying a record- breaking summer.

“Our secretary is answering the phone every day from more people wanting to know more about the club,” said a spokesman.

“The weather obviously has had an effect. The sun brings everybody out.

“On a hot sunny day, unless you’re in a nice air-conditioned building, I’m sure you’d like to be out of your hot, sticky clothes and just relaxing with a cool breeze keeping you comfortable.

“Primarily we’re there to relax and chill out. It’s only the energetic who get up to play volleyball or ­badminton.”

Earlier this month naturists from across the UK descended on Nudefest at the Newperran Holiday Park in ­Perranporth, Cornwall, for a naked get-together.

Attractions included belly dancing, riding on a zip wire and entertainment from a naked magician.

Last month there was a four-day ­naked jazz and real ale festival in a wood near Orpington, Kent.

And last night naturists in ­Malmesbury, Wiltshire, were taking a careful stroll through Abbey House Gardens, the largest private rose garden in the country, which boasts 2,200 ­different blooms.

Meanwhile, so many British naturists are now checking in at Skinny Dippers, a ­naturist hotel near Campos, Mallorca, that it is having to more than double in size.

Eight out of ten ­ people who stay there are British.

“This year we’ve had 95% repeat bookings,” said the hotel’s British owner Grant Hodges.

And it is already fully booked for June next year.

Nudists are also ­taking advantage of special cruises off the coast of Croatia. And British naturists with an eye for making big bucks are snapping up building sites around the world to open more nudist hotels.

There are plans for a naturist hotel on the Greek island of Rhodes and for a ­naked resort in the Dominican ­Republic.

There is no law against nudity in the UK. However, anyone caught using ­nudity to harass or cause alarm or ­distress to anyone can be arrested ­under the Public Order Act of 1986.

‘We’re there to relax and chill out’