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.
It is hardly surprising that Shibuya is busy. Described by Tripadvisor as “the social hub of one of the world’s largest metropolisis”, it is a throbbing […]
A town on Spain’s Costa Brava is saying a firm “No gracias” to bawdy bachelor and bachelorette parties, with a new ban on sexual paraphernalia and obscene items […]
The tourist entry fee introduced in Venice, Italy, this April has been heavily criticised by opponents who say it has completely failed to reduce tourist numbers […]
A Swiss Alpine village has become the latest small and picturesque destination to seek solutions to overtourism, following a bumper year for the country’s sector in […]
Protests have taken place across the Spanish Balearic Islands this weekend due to overtourism, amid resident calls for authorities to take action. Police estimates put the […]
In signs of more unrest in the hospitality and tourism sector in the Spanish Balearic Islands, a hoteliers’ organisation has demanded “a strategic plan” to address […]
Drinking on the street has been banned in popular holiday resorts in Mallorca and Ibiza, as authorities in Spain’s Balearic Islands continue to grapple with antisocial […]
One of Hawaii’s most-visited black sand beaches could be turned into a new resort if plans for a proposed development are given the green light, but […]
Another day, another picturesque destination on the brink of desperate measures due to overtourism. This time it is a stunning coastal village on Menorca that has […]
Obviously, an ‘outsider’ from Kent, passionate about Scotland, but an irregular if frequent visitor is not best placed to say. But judged against the Responsible Tourism […]
Authorities in Prague responsible for the city’s Unesco-recognised medieval old town are considering a ban on excessive fancy dress costumes for bachelor parties, which are being […]
Hundreds of Venice residents have gathered to protest the city’s new tourist fee. The five euro charge, termed an access contribution or “contributo d’accesso”, was launched […]