During the past decade or so, the news stories about digital nomads and digital nomadism have been booming. It seems that not only are this sort of life-style mobilities becoming more common, but that there is also a growing realisation on the significance of the phenomenon. The news stories I have read discuss the changing nature of work and how we understand it. The news stories usually pay attention to the location-independence of work and to how it enables nomads to choose where they work from. Other topics of interest seem to be the nomads’ preferred destination countries, their relative freedom of movement in choosing where to work and what impact this have for employers, corporations, municipalities, countries and so forth.
Here I have listed news stories from major English-speaking news papers and news stories in some other languages too (French, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish, etc). I’ll be updating these as I come across new ones. Scroll down and click on the ones that interest you!
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IN ENGLISH
“Remoting working has never been easier – as James Ware discovered when he spent a week in Europe’s undisputed king of digital-first design.” (3.2.2022)
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Entrepreneur, “Why Your Company Needs A Digital Nomad Policy”
“The enormous influx of mobile workers could spell danger for companies that hire them.” (2.2.2022)
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“In March 2020, people’s relationship with work fundamentally shifted, and with it their relationship with their country and citizenship.” (8.12.2021)
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BBC, “Malta: The island welcoming digital nomads”
“Boasting one of the world’s highest vaccination rates, Malta is now welcoming back visitors safely with cash incentives and a recently launched Nomad Residence Permit.” (10.11.2021)
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The Olive Press: “‘Digital nomad visa’ and tax breaks: How Spain wants to attract remote workers”
“The Spanish government has given the green light to introduce new measures to attract digital nomads to make their base in Spain” (11.12.2021)
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Bangkok Post, “Digital nomads stuck in grey area”
“The coronavirus pandemic has boosted the popularity of remote work, and if Thailand is interested in attracting the highest-paid digital workers to help boost the economy, it must legalise the practice to welcome these professionals.” (21.11.2021)
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TNW News, “A community of digital nomads wants to build an internet country for digital citizens”
“Could borderless living be the future?” (21.10.2021)
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Financial Times: “Digital nomads: the reality of running a business from anywhere”
“Their lifestyles seem enviable — but what’s it really like to be ‘location independent’ in a pandemic?” (1.7.2021)
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BBC, “Is the great digital-nomad workforce actually coming?”
“Are we actually on the brink of remote workers scattering across the globe en masse – or are predictions of the new, great digital-nomad movement overblown?” (15.6.2021)
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The Guardian: “Work is where your laptop is: meet the globetrotting digital nomads”
“Worldwide shift to flexible and home working in pandemic has led to rise of new kind of backpacker” (30.5.2021)
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The Hotels Network, “Digital Nomads at Hotels: Here to Stay or a Passing Trend?”
“Gone are the days of sitting at your home office from 9 to 5” (21.5.2021)
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Wired, “Digital nomads have used the pandemic to slay the nation state”
“States are predicated on the idea that people live at fixed addresses. Are they ready for that to change forever?” (26.12.2020)
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Euronews, “Digital nomads in Croatia can stay for a year without paying income tax”
“Once one of Europe’s biggest tourist destinations, Croatia relies on digital nomads to contribute to the nation’s economy and reboost its pandemic-hit travel industry.” (14.6.2021)
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Euronews, “Spain is launching a digital nomad visa, but where should you stay?”
“If you fancy getting away from your desk and jetting off to work somewhere far from home, then Spain might be your next destination of choice.” (20.8.2021)
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The Guardian, “The world is my office: why I chose to become a digital nomad worker”
“From copywriters to computer programmers, people with online-based jobs are seizing the chance to take their work on their travels” (11.5.2019)
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The New York Times, “How to Become a ‘Digital Nomad’”
“Seeing the world while holding down a full-time job sounds too good to be true, but with the right planning, equipment and support, it can be done.” (27.2.2019)
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The Christian Science Monitor, “Spawned by the pandemic, digital nomads are redefining ‘home’”
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IN SPANISH
El Pais, “El teletrabajador: el objeto de deseo de los pueblos”
“Los entornos rurales compiten por cautivar a los empleados en remoto de las grandes ciudades” (24.7.2021)
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IN SWEDISH
SVT Nyheter, “Hon har hela världen som arbetsplats – med Uppsala som bas”
“Som digital nomad kan du arbeta var du vill när du vill. För Yasmine Åkermark från Uppsala innebär det att hon i 13 års tid har haft stora delar av världen som sin arbetsplats.
– Det bästa är att det innebär frihet och flexibilitet, säger hon.”
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Region Norrbotten, “Digitala nomader – med världen som kontor”
“Digitala nomader, gig-ekonomi och hubbar är några begrepp som vi lärde oss på inspirationsdagen Utveckla Norrbotten. Emelie Fågelstedt reder ut begreppen åt oss.”
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Expressen, “Yasmine och Sofia jobbar på distans – i turistparadis”
“Från en djungel i Sri Lanka till ett fik i New York, så kan vardagen variera för digitala nomader. –Att jobba på samma plats nio till fem, är inte något för mig. På det här sättet får jag göra det jag älskar mest, att resa, säger 24-åriga Sofia Lindman. Digitaliserandet av arbetsplatser tillåter platsoberoende arbete. Men till den idoliserade livsstilen, som lockar allt fler unga, finns det en mörk baksida som de flesta inte känner till. Digitala nomaderna Sofia Lindman och Yasmine Morrison berättar allt om den nya livsstilens fördelar och nackdelar, och hur man gör för att kunna ha världen som sin arbetsplats.”
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IN FRENCH
Courrier International, “Emploi. Nomades numériques : est-ce le début de la fin d’un rêve ?”
“La pandémie a développé la pratique du télétravail et les nomades numériques parcourent la planète. Mais les entreprises commencent à resserrer leurs règles face à cette main-d’œuvre mobile.” (23.7.2021)
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Les Echos, “Les Canaries, nouveau paradis des nomades numériques”
“A quatre heures d’avion de Paris ou de Bruxelles, le petit archipel espagnol au climat de printemps perpétuel s’est imposé avec la pandémie comme l’une des alternatives pour transporter son bureau au soleil.” (20.5.2021)
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“Travailler de chez soi ou à partir d’un chalet, ça paraît maintenant bien banal pour plusieurs d’entre nous. Les nomades numériques vont encore plus loin : ils sillonnent le globe en profitant vraiment à fond de la liberté que leur offre le travail à distance. Deux Québécoises nous partagent leurs réflexions… et leurs conseils.”
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Lemonde, “Travailler en voyageant, le rêve accompli des nomades numériques”
Les « digital nomads », ces travailleurs sans bureau fixe, allient plaisir du tourisme et activité professionnelle, avec pour critère premier la qualité de la connexion Internet. (12.12.2017)
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IN FINNISH
“Suomalaisyrittäjät uskovat, että trendi on tullut jäädäkseen. Etätyöbuumi ei kosketa ainoastaan Aurinkorannikon pikkukaupunkeja, vaan koko Málagan maakuntaa.” (22.6.2021)
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