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.
Protests have taken place across the Spanish Balearic Islands this weekend due to overtourism, amid resident calls for authorities to take action. Police estimates put the […]
I wrote last week about the protests against overtourism in the Canaries. Protests which involved eleven people going on a twenty-day hunger strike. The Canary Islands are exhausted. […]
In signs of more unrest in the hospitality and tourism sector in the Spanish Balearic Islands, a hoteliers’ organisation has demanded “a strategic plan” to address […]
Officials in Zaragoza, northern Spain, have proposed measures to make cycling insurance obligatory in the city. Under the new regulations, put forward by far-right group Vox […]
The capital city of Spain, Madrid is unsurprisingly a must see destination. From the wide, bustling streets lined with majestic buildings to the calming, green parks, […]
Drinking on the street has been banned in popular holiday resorts in Mallorca and Ibiza, as authorities in Spain’s Balearic Islands continue to grapple with antisocial […]
Another day, another picturesque destination on the brink of desperate measures due to overtourism. This time it is a stunning coastal village on Menorca that has […]
The city of Granada in southern Spain’s Andalusia region offers a wealth of beauty and history. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, the […]
In centuries gone by it would have been enough to provoke apocalyptic predictions and religious panic, but today the three consecutive years’ of solar eclipses due […]
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 […]
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 […]
Following previous calls from different politicians for the abolition of golden visas, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday, 9 April, that the government has […]
Spain’s Canary Islands are considering bringing in a smoking ban on café and restaurant terraces, in a move aimed at reducing the risks of passive smoking […]
As tourism in Spain reached record levels in 2023, not everyone is as happy with the inflow of visitors. Locals of popular tourism destinations in particular […]