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.
Authorities in the Netherlands’ capital and most populous city, Amsterdam, last week decided to halt any new hotel developments in their fight against overtourism. “Amsterdam will […]
Deadly rainstorms sweeping across the Persian Gulf have caused at least 21 fatalities and sown widespread disruption across the region. Included in that onslaught, the UAE’s […]
Due to notoriously heavy rainfall that has been hitting the Gulf states since Tuesday, Dubai Airport is advising travellers to stay home as runways are currently […]
On the 7th of April, the Mesopotamia Express completed its promotional tour across Türkiye’s eastern and southeastern Anatolian regions. The train departed from Ankara with stops […]
Protesters are making their voices heard in Venice where the introduction of a new tourist fee is causing a rift. A €5 tourist tax, or “contribution” […]
Multiple airlines saw flights through Middle Eastern airspace diverted, grounded or suspended over the weekend, after US warnings of “imminent” Iranian attacks on Israel turned into […]
Authorities in China issued new guidelines delineating significant improvements to payment services for international travellers at starred hotels and tourist destinations. The guidelines were released by […]
Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) has unveiled a $10 billion (€9.3 billion) tourism strategy aimed at ensuring emirate’s sustainable growth by 2030. The […]
Following previous calls from different politicians for the abolition of golden visas, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday, 9 April, that the government has […]
The Line, a 170-km-long belt of skyscrapers built in the middle of the dessert, is one of Neom’s forefront projects. Revealed in 2021 with great ambitions […]
Travel and tourism is a healthy sector with a decade of booming success ahead, according to one of the world’s foremost industry bodies. The World Travel […]
Although it might sound a little eerie, there are few people who probably know you better than Google. Although platforms like Booking, Trip.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor […]
On 31 March, Romania and Bulgaria partially joined the Schengen area. Only partially because just air and sea border checks have been lifted, while road and […]
Airbnb is updating its cancellation policy when it comes to unforeseen events and, from 6 June, it will also cover severe weather events, such as hurricanes. […]