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.
In the wake of over 1,100 deaths during this year’s hajj pilgrimage, the Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, has removed operating licences from 16 tourism companies, […]
This summer it will be possible to commute between Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany by electric flight, thanks to a new joint project by Aachen University […]
“Basic fundamental science” could be the answer to many of the planet’s clean energy needs, according to scientists at California’s Stanford University, who have found a […]
The world has perhaps, for now, moved past “peak beard” – that memorable recent period when it seemed nearly everyone capable of doing so was growing […]
A London-based architecture firm has beaten international competition to win the opportunity to re-design Ghent’s contemporary art museum S.M.A.K. and revitalise its relationship with the Belgian […]
With ticket bookings now open, Germany’s flag carrier Lufthansa Group is due to launch Lufthansa City Airlines, a new subsidiary offering short and medium-haul flights and […]
Dengue fever is arriving in Europe due to the spread of the tiger mosquito, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has said, with […]
Greece is considering a cap on cruise ship numbers at selected destinations as part of a plan to reduce the negative effects of overtourism. That protection […]
In news that may upset wildlife lovers, an unusual feast has been served in the isolated Australian community of Bulla after a rogue saltwater crocodile that […]
As China’s opening up to the rest of the world continues, Australia and New Zealand are to become the latest countries to benefit from visa-free travel […]
A rare and deadly disease is surging in Japan and experts are stumped about the reason why. The deadly virus has infected a record-breaking number of […]
Official figures show Belgium’s Flanders and Wallonia regions have recovered from Covid-19’s tourism crisis, but the Belgian capital Brussels is still lagging behind them. Brussels is […]
After the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, supported by Belarus, questions were raised about whether athletes from those countries should be eligible to compete in […]
The Yungang Grottoes are a UNESCO world heritage site in Datong, Shanxi Province. In 2023, a record 3 million visitors descended on the area which boasts […]