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.
Chinese authorities have announced an expansion of instant tax refunds on purchases made by overseas visitors, in a decision widely viewed as a bid by China […]
The UK has introduced a ban on importing meat and dairy products for personal use from the European Union, EFTA States, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. […]
UNESCO has recently designated the North Korean side of the active stratovolcano Mount Paektu, located along the Chinese border, as a UNESCO Global Geopark. This recognition […]
More details are emerging about an ongoing slump in foreign tourism to the United States after the International Trade Administration (ITA) released data showing non-citizen arrivals […]
Last Wednesday, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new policy allowing immigration authorities to screen visa applicants’ social media activity for signs of […]
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is pushing ahead with its ambitious Tourism 2040 Roadmap, expected to generate around S$50 billion ($37 billion) in tourism receipts by the end […]
A digital travel pass could soon replace the need for physical boarding passes and even for any check-in at all, if proposals from the UN’s airline […]
US President Donald Trump’s tighter borders and trade tariffs continue to cause concern in the country’s travel and tourism sector. New evidence reveals that a months-long […]
More data is emerging showing that not only are Canadian tourists choosing to stay away from the United States, but European tourists also have been avoiding […]
The Chinese government has updated its travel advisory for the United States reflecting the fact that relations between the two economic superpowers have become increasingly strained […]
According to the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) latest Economic Impact Research (EIR), the travel and tourism industry is forecasted to create 4,5 million new […]
Vietnam is set to drop visa requirements for Belgian citizens who want to visit the Southeast Asian country. The announcement, by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh […]
South Korean officials have launched two new visa programs. One of those specifically aims to attract highly skilled foreigners, with degrees and experience in the technology […]
Social media influencers have been accused of various tourism faux pas, from causing mass influxes of visitors, to going to extreme lengths to create content, and […]
On 3 April 2025, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, ahead of the inaugural Central Asia–European […]