A popular travel/global work influencer announces she has applied for right-of-descent citizenship in Romania, so that she can eventually live in Europe fulltime. Thos who can do this have “immigration privilege”, something most of us lack.
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Voluntourism is still a scam
“Voluntourism” is back in the news. The field is still field with scams, and even decent ones are not typically an effective use of resources.
Continue readingImmigration: The end of “Golden Visas”?
Many countries have curtailed their “Golden Visa” programs that sold residency or citizenship visas for a big fee.
Continue readingImmigration: 1 in 4 Gen Z’ers surveyed say they want to move abroad
There is a big media meme that “America is awful, we should move to another country where everything is wonderful”. It’s a pop meme of fluffy content mills. Here’s another one!
Continue readingTaxes: San Juan Islands, WA proposes “tourism fee”
New taxes on tourists are coming to even traveling inside the U.S. These are in addition to existing hotel taxes.
Continue readingTaxes: Amsterdam raising tourist taxes
The daily fee charged to cruise ship day visitors will go from 8 to 11 euros, or $8.50 to $11.60, and the nightly fee built into hotel room prices will…
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