Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
Missions to space could soon be carrying giant inflatables with them as extra accommodation ready to deploy in orbit. Space startup, Max Space, is developing the […]
Following the introduction of a tourist fee in Venice this month, another iconic Italian destination drowning in tourists could be set to follow suit and charge […]
The river Seine in Paris is too polluted to safely welcome Olympic swimming events, according to research published by an international environmental group. Pollution of faecal […]
Deadly rainstorms sweeping across the Persian Gulf have caused at least 21 fatalities and sown widespread disruption across the region. Included in that onslaught, the UAE’s […]
Wildlife abuse by YouTube influencers in Cambodia is now so rife that authorities at a world heritage site in the country and the Cambodian Ministry of […]
As private jet usage and ownership continues to rise, hospitality giant Four Seasons has launched a private jet experience to piggyback on the trend. The aircraft, […]
China Southern Airlines’ highly anticipated launch of direct flights between Beijing Daxing and Tehran, Iran, has been delayed due to Iran’s recent military strikes and heightening […]
There has been a “significant spike” in safety issues at American Airlines, according to an email summarising the concerns sent by a pilots’ union for the […]
A commercial factory transforming human waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is set for construction in the county of Essex, in the southeast of the UK. […]
Amid a huge push by Thailand to bring in more international visitors and a Prime Ministerial target of 80-million tourists per year by 2027, the Southeast […]
City authorities in Barcelona have come up with a surprisingly simple tool in the struggle against overtourism: keeping a bus route secret from tourists. Local residents […]
Amid the solar eclipse craze sweeping Europe, heritage British cruise operator Cunard has announced where its ships will be positioned during the next totality, and the […]
Protesters are making their voices heard in Venice where the introduction of a new tourist fee is causing a rift. A €5 tourist tax, or “contribution” […]
Overtourism around the world has led to taxes and bylaws to protect local environments and heritage, and even the installation in some places of guerilla signage […]