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.
Overtourism is often mentioned in the same breath as housing poverty and soaring inflation, but in proof that the phenomenon affects the affluent too, even residents […]
Overtourism in Santorini may have reached a critical turning point on 23 July, when 11,000 cruise passengers disembarked on the Greek island in just one day. […]
Amid protests against mass tourism and measures taken over the past few years against overtourism, the tourism board of the city of Barcelona is rebranding from […]
With 13,676 kilometres of coastline, Greece is a dream for any sun-loving beachgoer. However, in recent years, Greek beaches have been overrun by sunbeds, often put […]
Denmark is set to crack down on camper van tourism, which has now increased to the extent it is causing disputes between holidaymakers and locals in […]
Over 20,000 Mallorca residents marched down the streets of Palma de Mallorca on Sunday evening in a protest against mass tourism. The protests are not against […]
A historic district in Seoul, South Korea, is the latest destination to implement tourism controls in the wake of growing visitor numbers that have swamped the […]
Brazil is hoping to give new wings to a tourism sector that remains hobbled since Covid-19, by boosting its eco-credentials when it hosts COP30 in 2025. […]
The Danish capital Copenhagen has announced rewards for visitors who get involved in environmentally friendly activities during their trip. Turning sustainability into currency, the city’s tourist […]
In the latest anti overtourism protest, Barcelona residents have taken it upon themselves to shoo tourists away. Almost 3,000 people have taken to the streets to […]
The northern Spanish destination of Barcelona is set to ban the sale of tacky tourist souvenirs in a bid to project a better international image of […]
Madrid, Spain, has banned the granting of new licences for tourist flats, following in the footsteps of its Catalan sister, Barcelona, as the whole country battles […]
In an unofficial move to protect local clientele from overtourism in Japan, some restaurants and attractions have begun charging tourist customers more than their regulars. The […]
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, […]