Where are digital nomads working from now?
With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, remote working has grown and more workers are leaving offices behind and opting to work from home while others embrace a “digital nomad” lifestyle.
CAPE TOWN, June 23 (ANA) – With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, remote working has grown and more workers are leaving offices behind and opting to work from home while others embrace a “digital nomad” lifestyle.
According to a study published earlier this month by Resume.io, a company that specialises in building resumes, the most popular beach destination is Dubai while Vancouver earned the title of digital nomad capital of the world.
“One of the great appeals of the digital nomad life is the comfort of spending a big city wage in a place with a relatively cheap economy,” read the report by Resume.io.
“So it’s surprising that two (Vancouver, New York) of the top three destinations are among the world’s most expensive places to live,” it said.
Asian attractions such as Thailand, Bali and the Philippines have for a long time been a favourite due to its affordability, weather and cuisine.
South China Morning Post (SCMP) has reported that more workers are fleeing Manila to work remotely at Philippine beach resorts and that the influx of remote workers at resorts has helped the country’s tourism industry stay afloat.
Carlo Almendral, a 43-year-old entrepreneur moved to San Juan, a surf town north of the capital city, Manila, where he gets to start his day either surfing or biking through the countryside.
“I didn’t realise how stressed out and anxious I was about the pandemic until I got here and started walking around the beach with a mask on and realised that nobody else was doing it,” Almendral said.
“There’s really no reason for you to do it unless you’re walking around next to people,” he said.
Meanwhile, Thailand’s Phuket has stepped up their vaccination rollout in a bid to get 70 percent of the population vaccinated before July 1, in the hope to reopen international borders and attract foreign tourists.
– African News Agency (ANA); Edited by Naomi Mackay
