Losing his job during the pandemic, Daniel Maurer decided to leave unaffordable New York and become a digital nomad. His experience, moving between Mexico, Buenos Aires, Barcelona and Madrid, provides a personal basis for this witty, fact-packed and conscience-pricking addition to Melville House’s Futures series.
As ‘revenge tourism’ bounced back post-pandemic – the number of people flying in 2025 is tipped to break five billion – populations of tourist hotspots have become increasingly vocal about the negative impacts of so many visitors on their lives. Services are creaking, rents soaring as housing stock is soaked up by Airbnb, while price inflation has vastly exceeded local wage growth. No wonder there are restaurant WIFI codes that read ‘TOURIST GO HOME’ – and chants and graffiti far less polite.
