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.
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Germany has launched a new visa scheme aimed at attracting skilled non-EU nationals to live and work in the Federal Republic. The new work visa, called […]
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Israel is introducing a new application procedure for citizens from countries that benefit from visa-free access to the state, in a move that has set the […]
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Mount Fuji is undoubtedly an emblem of Japan, attracting tens of thousands of people each year. But now, as tourism continues to re-establish in the post-Covid era, […]
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, […]
According to the latest ‘Long-Haul Travel Barometer’ report from the European Travel Commission (ETC), enthusiasm for travel is rising in key international markets, with 59% of […]
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 […]
Every year, Mercer puts together a Cost of Living ranking, analysing the most, and least, expensive cities around the world for international workers to move to. […]
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 […]