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.
The European Council has just adopted new rules on the digitalisation of the application procedure for Schengen visa, giving the final green light for the process […]
Countries growing bigger, it’s not something most of us are confronted with on a daily basis – a few exceptions aside, such as Iceland, which grows […]
Since October 25th, Iceland’s most populated region has been hit by a series of earthquakes. The area around Mount Thorbjorn on the Reykjanes Peninsula has been […]
Tourism officials in Dubai have dismissed data showing the destination has still not returned to 2019’s visitor numbers, insisting that record figures registered four years ago […]
Europe’s tourism sector is inching closer to full pre-pandemic recovery, with international tourist arrivals sitting just 3.2% below 2019 levels, according to the European Travel Commission’s […]
The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, have been unusually visible all across Europe in recent days, with people far beyond the lights’ usual Arctic Circle haunts […]
A Dutch tourist campaign has proven successful – in keeping tourists away. The “stay away” message was launched by Amsterdam earlier this year and targeted at […]
San Sebastián has announced its intention to restrict planning permission for new hotels and tourist accommodation in the city. The move comes amid a wave of […]
Starting on Wednesday, Storm Ciarán has brought extreme winds and heavy rainfall to most of Western Europe, leading to floodings, power cuts and the suspension of […]
The Kazakh tourist sector is set to receive an important boost after an announcement from the Central Asian country’s Prime Minister that sees visa restrictions lifted […]
The review of the EU Package Travel Directive is heating up tempers with consumer protectionists calling for more regulation and tour operators less. The European Travel […]
In a cautionary tale for those using language apps to help them get by on vacation, and a sign of the febrile security situation currently prevailing […]
Earlier this year, official consultations on visa facilitation for Kazakh citizens travelling to the EU began after Murat Nurtleu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign […]
According to the latest report from the European Travel Commission (ETC), the sentiment regarding domestic and intra-European travel remains robust, although financial pressures are beginning to […]