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.
Destination managers in Uppsala, Sweden, are taking a novel approach to promoting their region, with the launch of an “IQ Tourism” campaign to tap into personal […]
A major scandal is rocking the Everest region, with trekking guides accused of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar insurance fraud involving thousands of fake or unnecessary rescues over […]
Venice’s controversial entry fee for day visitors is back this year, starting on Friday, 3 April. The fee applies mainly on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from April until […]
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Although this quote is widely attributed to Albert Einstein, historians note that it […]
Plans to introduce a new visitor charge at Cologne Cathedral in Germany are splitting opinion between those who say churches should remain non-commercial spaces and that […]
The European Travel Commission (ETC) has published the results of a new study looking into responsible travel behaviour by long-haul travellers visiting Europe. Despite receiving less […]
France is considering charging hikers and climbers for the cost of mountain rescue operations, amid a surge in safety incidents that is straining purse strings. Both […]
Visitors to Barcelona will pay double the overnight tax from April 2026 after measures introduced by Catalonian regional authorities to reduce tourist numbers and raise funds […]
The coastal city of Split, one of Croatia’s major tourist destinations, is looking to introduce restrictions on the sales of alcohol starting from the summer of […]
New rules governing who can climb Mount Everest and how could soon be imposed on expeditions to Earth’s highest peak. Upper House lawmakers in Nepal’s National […]
A new airport planned for Chinchero, a Peruvian city in the Andes that could become a new gateway for Machu Picchu, is dividing opinion among travel […]
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 […]
Spain beat another tourism record in 2025, welcoming 96.8 million foreign visitors for the year, according to new figures from the National Statistics Institute. With income […]
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 […]