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.
Visiting the Balearic Islands is about to get more expensive if proposed new visitor taxes on accommodation, cruises, and car hire, and limits on rental room […]
In a landmark effort to combat unregulated short-term rentals, Ibiza’s local government has announced a partnership with Airbnb to crack down on illegal tourist accommodations. The […]
On 5 March 2025, the 13th edition of Accessible Tourism Day will take place at CityCube Berlin, aligning with ITB Berlin. Organised by the German National […]
New group tour rules proposed by authorities in Palma, Mallorca could push ticket prices up and violate guides’ privacy, according to agencies and operators on the […]
In 2025, Venice will implement an increased entry fee for day visitors, doubling the previous charge from €5 to €10 for those booking less than four […]
Japan is increasingly battling with overtourism. The Japan National Tourism Organisation has recently revealed that 33.38 million people visited Japan between January and November 2024, breaking […]
A picturesque Italian ski resort has become the latest victim of viral social media trends, as thousands of TikTok-influenced tourists descended upon the small town of […]
Nepalese officials have recently announced that the fee to climb Mount Everest is expected to increase. According to authorities, starting in September, climbing enthusiasts willing to […]
Over the past few years, cities across Spain have been taking measures aimed at limiting the number of tourists at the country’s hotspots and thus tackling […]
Mayor Christian Estrosi has unveiled plans to ban large cruise ships from docking along the Nice Côte d’Azur’s coastline starting 1 July 2025, in a move […]
Spain recorded 94 million foreign visitors during 2024, a figure that beats all previous annual arrivals data and is only six million fewer than the most-visited […]
A surge in adventure tourism and cruises to the Antarctic, with over 122,000 visitors to the polar region in 2024, is raising questions about sustainability among […]
With the number of Australian tourists visiting Japan surging, officials in the island empire have made a plea to their Pacific neighbours to be more adventurous […]
Greece has introduced a one-year ban on new short-term rentals in Athens in a bid to resolve a national housing crisis. Effective from 1 January 2025, […]
Dark tourism is on the up. It’s a form of travel that some researchers say has been around for centuries, perhaps since visitors watched the violent […]