The travel scam you’re gonna fall for

 🇳🇿 New Zealand considers building nomad hub

Between favorable tax policies, tons of natural beauty, and that all-important Lord of the Rings connection, New Zealand seems well-placed to become a nomad hub in the years ahead. But will the government need to make financial concessions to attract nomads?

Tom Pullar-Strecker for The Post

🇮🇳 India’s beach paradise is overrun with digital nomads

Lured by high quality of life and low living costs, digital nomads are flocking to the Indian coastal region of Goa. Konkan culture and the laid-back beach vibes are giving way to the hustle of startup culture. With rents rising as much as 65%, are Goans at risk of being priced out of their own home?

Sanghamitra Kar P for Rest of World

Climate change is making air travel bumpier, and researchers have turned to birds for answers. Could studying how birds navigate through rough skies improve turbulence prediction and aircraft design?

Katherine Latham for BBC

⁉️ Travel scams and sketchy travel sites

Navigating the maze of online travel deals can be as risky as it is rewarding. One woman's pursuit of a good deal left her missing thousands of dollars. A simple user error? Or is there a murky world of phony third-party bookers taking advantage of unsuspecting travelers?

Emily Stewart for Vox

🇪🇸 Spain to scrap 'golden visas'

Spain has ditched its "golden visa" program, highlighting tensions between foreign real estate investments and an escalating urban housing crisis. As debates intensify, could this move signal a larger European pivot?

Reuters

🍜 The oddly autocratic roots of Pad Thai

There’s no dish more symbolic of Thailand’s food culture than Pad Thai. From fascism to WWII and anti-Chinese sentiment, the dish has a surprisingly murky origin story...

Alex Mayyasi for Atlas Obscura

And is Pad Thai fascist?