A journalist, travel writer and foreign correspondent, I’ve reported on news and current affairs in Australia and France as well as European and EU issues. An experienced broadcast journalist, I also report for radio. Often on the road, I cover adventure, road trips, food, wine and design for outlets such as CNN Travel, World Nomads, Decanter, The New Zealand Herald, and Monocle.
For Forbes, CNN, The GlobeMail, The South China Morning Post, and others, I have reported on world news, architecture, culture, lifestyle and business.
A global hotel industry and hospitality correspondent, I write for Hotel News Now, Hotel Investment Today, Hospitality Design, Sleeper and Supper. Many of my stories focus on sustainability and ESG in the hotel industry. I also cover hotel trends, openings and design.
The author of several books, including travel guides to Borneo, Switzerland, Barcelona and Rome – more are on the way.
There is No Place Like Away!
Home is Away For a Journalist Travel Writer
Since 1996, I’ve lived and roamed between Australia and France, spending many years in Strasbourg before moving to Paris in 2015. I am irresistibly drawn to remote, wild places. Particularly those richly imbued with nature, like my end-of-the-world island of Tasmania. Soon, I will be heading to Borneo to research the Borneo Bradt Travel Guide edition 5. Borneo is a biodiversity wonder of the world, and I am so privileged to know it.
Tamara Thiessen Travels
Journalist, photographer, storyteller, on Tamara Thiessen Travels, I share my latest posts on breaking travel news, travel tips, and great trips. The most beautiful places in the world – when and where to visit and why, or why not. And destination features. Plus stories on food, wine, design, culture, hotels and amazing places, people and adventures. Please join me on my global roaming adventures.
I also write about daily news and current affairs. In my almost non-stop global roaming as a journalist and travel writer, I have covered just about every subject on the planet – from French train strikes and terrorist attacks to cycling superhighways in Copenhagen to trekking on the trail of orangutans in Borneo. Plus, the latest and greatest design-centric restaurants and hotels in Paris and Sydney.
Travel News, Amazing Places, Great Trips
I delve into daily issues affecting travellers, and share insider knowledge about my life in France and Australia. And about my global pet-sitting adventures.
My aim is to inform you about the things you need to know about the best places in the world – when to visit and why … or why not.
As the need to preserve the planet spirals, sustainability, luxury, and hotels go hand-in-hand. This is a big focus in my hotel industry reporting and travel reports.
Wander, Grow, Wonder: Travel is Mind-Expanding
Travel is in my veins. From as early as I could, I escaped my island home to travel the world. As a writer and journalist, I live a wandering life. What I love most about travel comes down to change – changing scenery, people and flavours.
Maybe I have a low boredom threshold … (Actually, I don’t know what being bored is. Perhaps I would if I spent more time staring out windows!) But I figure there is a kaleidoscopic world out there, and you may as well go see it while you can.
The landscapes and the people you encounter make your mind and outlook grow … as you look on in awe at the world outside, beyond your usual experiences, beliefs and comfort zone, and learn about other customs, languages and environments. Travel transforms. As Montaigne said in the 16th century:
That we may whet and sharpen our wits by rubbing them against those of others.
It would be selfish of me to not share some of the wonders of being on the road with you. That’s why I write … The challenge is to try to capture the intensity of the experience in words.
Tamara Thiessen Travels is on Facebook and Instagram. Please join me there – and in my adventures! Meanwhile, bon voyage!
