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.
Greek authorities are capping visitor numbers to the Acropolis from September 2023, to preserve the monument for future generations. Revealing just how many visitors the UNESCO […]
Antarctica might not be the first destination the average traveller has in their plans, but it most certainly is on some bucket lists. Possibilities of reaching […]
Whilst most of the commentary and certification efforts around travel and tourism have been focused on minimising negative impacts, efforts are underway to reverse today’s catastrophic […]
The answer, of course, depends on the question. It is a broad question. Will the certification help us to achieve sustainable tourism? I believe it may […]
A couple of years ago I interviewed Keith Henry, President and CEO of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada and we talked about the cultural diversity […]
Clearly, you cannot eat the view. Twenty years ago, the Countryside Agency in the UK ran a campaign to encourage consumers to purchase fruit, vegetables and […]
Bhutan has announced that the country will reduce tourist fees for those staying for more than four days. The goal is to boost visitor numbers, which […]
France, renowned for its rich cultural heritage, breathtaking landscapes, and world-famous landmarks, has long been a top tourist destination. However, the increasing number of visitors in […]
The city of Dubrovnik is tightening the rules on noise nuisance, with a series of new measures announced by Mayor Mato Franković at a recent citizens’ […]
Fundamental to Responsible Tourism is the principle that the destination belongs to the people who live there and their descendants. The 2002 Cape Town Declaration on […]
The travel and tourism sector can reasonably claim parental responsibility for the concept of greenwashing. Initially, the concept was coined by New York environmentalist Jay Westerveld, […]
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has understood the potential of tourism to create employment and committed the government of India to “Developing Tourism in Mission Mode” […]
I wrote last week about regenerative tourism, best understood as making places better, better for the environment, better for people to live. Regenerative tourism requires that […]
Amidst the European Tourism Day, the Network of European Regions for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism (NECSTouR) organised a thematic workshop in Brussels on scaling-out regenerative tourism […]
The city of Ghent has launched a tourist itinerary for hearing and visually impaired visitors, as reported by Belgian news outlet VRT. The campaign includes special […]