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.
Destination England could become less attractive as a result of planned tourist taxes, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has warned. The international industry organisation […]
Visitors to England face the prospect of new tourist taxes after the government moves to allow mayors across the country to impose levies on overnight stays. […]
Parisians might want to reconsider heading to Brittany for their holidays next year after a number of cars were defaced with anti-Parisian messages and tourists were […]
Travelling to Paris without seeing the Eiffel Tower or visiting Rome without stopping at the Colosseum might sound unusual. Yet, a new travel philosophy is encouraging […]
Hiking visitors to one of Europe’s classic long-distance trails could find access restricted from spring 2027, if calls from local authorities are put into action. The Tour du […]
Off the coast of Malta, a resident community of dolphins has become an unlikely test case for how tourism, science and conservation can work together, or […]
A new scheme to promote sustainable tourism and protect the environment is in place at a national park in the United Kingdom, where all summer long, […]
Can tourism leave a destination better than it found it? It is a question increasingly asked by policymakers, tourism businesses and travellers alike, particularly as climate […]
The International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT) Global will announce the winners of its Responsible Tourism Awards Worldwide and the recipients of its 2026 Scholarships programme […]
Edinburgh’s tourist tax is now in force, making the Scottish capital the first city in the country to implement a visitor levy. City councillors anticipate the […]
In a recent interview with Euronews, Mayor of Dubrovnik Mato Franković explained how the ‘Respect the City’ scheme has allowed the city to successfully combat overtourism […]
Tourists, daytrippers, and wild swimmers are being warned to stay away from an idyllic beauty spot in south Wales due to infrastructure risks and difficulties in […]
Riot police fired rubber bullets and charged demonstrators with batons after one of Mallorca’s largest-ever anti-tourism protests descended into violence in Palma, leaving at least eight […]
Visitors heading to some of Portugal’s most popular beaches this summer will soon find new maps at the entrance showing exactly where they can set up […]
The picturesque village of Varenna, on the eastern shore of Lake Como, has introduced fines of up to €200 for visitors who walk through its streets […]