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.
Tenerife’s beaches are no stranger to night time activity, but overnight on Thursday 5 December 2024, vandals daubed over 200 sunbeds on the winter sun island with anti-tourism […]
Tales of overtourism in Japan are not vastly exaggerated, a recent survey of foreign visitors to the East Asian archipelago suggests, and guests in the country […]
During the COP29 in Baku, more than 50 countries have signed a landmark proposal for Enhanced Climate Action in Tourism. For the first time in the history […]
The United Nations’ agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism (UN Tourism) has revealed the 55 villages around the world selected […]
The dividing line between those who see tourism as a positive phenomenon and critics of overtourism has been starkly illustrated this week in Florence, Italy. The […]
Activists in Lisbon are calling for holiday lets in residential buildings to be banned after gathering the support of thousands of locals. The Portuguese capital’s Movement […]
Pompeii, an ancient Roman archaeological gem on Italy’s southwestern coast, is set to impose a daily visitor cap and issue personalised, timed tickets, in a bid […]
Europe’s travel sector saw growth and demonstrated resilience in the face of economic and geopolitical challenges over the third quarter of 2024, a new report shows. […]
The Atlantic Portuguese island of Madeira is bringing in access fees for some of its best-loved hiking trails in a move to fund conservation efforts along […]
Italy’s reputation for opulent design is being questioned by tourists faced with an “underwhelming” replacement for one of the country’s most iconic sights. Many historic attractions […]
With the approach of the humpback whale-watching season in Hawaii and the end of the season in French Polynesia, the high influx of tourist boats and […]
Venice’s controversial “entry fee” for daytrippers is coming back with a vengeance in 2025, applicable on more days than in 2024, and with a higher price […]
Benoît Payan, the Mayor of Marseille, has unveiled a proposal to curb overtourism and halt property owners from “making money off the people of Marseille.” The […]
In the wake of global anti-tourism protests and increasing tourist taxes and behavioural byelaws to curb the industry’s negative impacts, a new report by tourism bodies […]
Tourists who are planning to go on a holiday in Spain should be prepared to encounter large-scale protests in cities such as Madrid and Barcelona. Many […]