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.
Japan’s growing struggle with overtourism has reached a symbolic and controversial milestone, as authorities near Mount Fuji have cancelled a well-known cherry blossom festival after years of mounting […]
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Intrepid Travel has entered into a five-year partnership with the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC), committing CA$500,000 (€310,000) to integrate Indigenous-led experiences into its Canadian […]
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The Italian Alpine village of Funes, located close to the Austrian border in South Tyrol, has gained international attention since a post of the picture-perfect town […]
The residents of an idyllic Slovakian village struggling with overtourism are demanding that UNESCO remove their historic hamlet from its World Heritage list to reduce the […]
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The Responsible Tourism Awards have been running since 2004 and are now widely recognised for the focus on discovering examples of good practice. We look for […]
The Winter Olympics risk bringing unsustainable numbers of visitors to the Dolomites, locals and environmental campaigners have warned, pointing to social media trends and apps that […]
London could raise up to £350 million (€403 million) a year from a tax on overnight visitors, a significantly higher amount than earlier estimates. These latest figures […]
Entries have officially opened for the 2026 Europe Responsible Tourism Awards, organised by the International Centre for Responsible Tourism and sponsored by easyJet holidays. The awards recognise tourism initiatives that deliver […]
Travellers planning a visit to Romania’s capital from next year will face an additional nightly charge, after Bucharest’s municipal authorities approved a new tourist tax aimed […]
Unruly tourists on Japanese ski slopes are about to face the consequences of their actions, as a popular mountain village has moved to introduce hefty fines […]
Forget three coins in the fountain, tourists visiting one of Italy’s most iconic monuments will soon have to pay €2 for the privilege, as authorities in […]