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 Legend Press in 2019 and comes out in Germany in 2021. You can follow Deborah on X and Instagram.
Venice, Italy, is soon to launch a trial €5 entry fee for access to the city’s historic centre, with failure to pay attracting hefty fines, officials […]
The yearly Hyacinth Festival in Belgium’s Hallerbos, a patch of ancient woods close to the city of Halle, about one hour from Brussels, is about to […]
From 10 April, travellers from Australia, Canada and the United States will once again have to apply for a visa when visiting Brazil. In March 2019, […]
From 1 January to 31 March, Thailand has welcomed a total of no less than 9,370,297 international travellers. Compared to just a year ago, the country […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the completion of two satellites that will mimic a total solar eclipse in space, part of a mission called […]
Travel and tourism is a healthy sector with a decade of booming success ahead, according to one of the world’s foremost industry bodies. The World Travel […]
Climbing Mount Everest via China and Tibet is about to become possible for foreign mountaineers again, with Chinese authorities set to start issuing permits for the […]
The United States Congress has allocated $50 million to the State Department to “reduce passport backlogs and reduce visa wait times” in a move hailed by […]
Greece has created a new “limited access” visa allowing Turkish visitors to vacation on up to 10 Greek islands for up to a week. The new arrangement means […]
On 31 March, Romania and Bulgaria partially joined the Schengen area. Only partially because just air and sea border checks have been lifted, while road and […]
Flanders had a good year for tourism in 2023, seeing an increase in incoming tourists, with visitor numbers 6% up on 2022, according to Belgian national […]
A 100-billion-dollar development in Johor, Malaysia, is trying to shake off its reputation as a white elephant. Ghost town Forest City was intended to be a […]
Hawaii has a new strategic plan for tourism, following unmanageable pre and post pandemic surges in visitor numbers and a wildfire tragedy that have prompted a […]
Although international tourism has recovered to pre-pandemic levels on a global scale, great differences remain from destination to destination, with some greatly exceeding 2019 levels and […]
Japan wants to encourage tourists to explore beyond Tokyo, in its efforts to tackle overtourism. The island country is seeing a return of visitors from East […]