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Is this where you spend your time after a hard day’s work as a digital nomad? Dozens of diners enjoy alfresco dining and drinking in Piazza della Madonna dei Monti in Rome.
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In this week’s travel news: submersible superyachts for billionaires, the megahub airport that could be the world’s busiest, plus new digital nomad visas in Turkey and Italy.
Packing up your life and starting over abroad is a dream for many, and new visa programs and tax incentives are making it a little more feasible. Portugal, Spain and Costa Rica are some of the countries with popular digital nomad visas and there are now two new options for remote workers.
Turkey’s vibrant cities and glorious coastline can be enjoyed with its new digital nomad visa, open to citizens of 36 countries, including the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom, aged 21 to 55. $3,000 per month or $36,000 per year.
Italy’s long-awaited digital nomad visa is also accepting applications. “Highly qualified” non-European Union/European Economic Area citizens may have the opportunity to live there for a year as long as they have their own health insurance, proof of a place to stay and earn more than $30,000 a year. If you are interested, you must schedule a face-to-face consultation at the Italian consulate in your country of residence. The Consulate General of Italy in London has steps to help you get through the bureaucracy.
The Hopper family from Texas left the United States behind and moved to the “blue zone” of Costa Rica, one of the regions in the world where people live longest and are healthiest. Seven years later, they tell CNN they are feeling “more energized” and love the sense of family community.
In another overseas adventure, a Los Angeles TV editor visited Italy for the first time at age 50. Within 24 hours, he bought a house. “The lifestyle here is much slower,” he says of Latronico, a town in the southern region of Basilicata. The city “will definitely help me relax.”
One of the first steps to preparing for a new life abroad is learning the local language. Our partners at CNN Underscored, a CNN-owned product review and recommendation guide, have this guide to the best language learning apps.
Big ambitions
For more than a decade, an Australian billionaire has been driving plans to build the Titanic II: a more seaworthy replica of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912, but which still captures the world’s imagination. Here’s why he’s doing this.
Meanwhile, an Austrian company hopes to build submersible superyachts for billionaires. At 166 meters (545 feet) long, these Bond villain-style toys could remain underwater for up to four weeks at a time. Why? Well, that’s rich people’s business.
Another way to spend money quickly is to launch it directly into space. In other words, you can spend it on a balloon ride 40 kilometers (25 miles) high to see the curvature of the Earth from above: a cutout for $164,000 each.
Mistakes, bad behavior and misadventures
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Couple discovers they accidentally sent their cat to an Amazon facility
A raided Japanese city has put up an 8-foot barrier to stop tourists from taking photos of Mount Fuji at a popular photo spot. An employee told CNN there were ongoing problems with visitors leaving trash and not following traffic rules.
In the US, a man accused of kicking a bison in Yellowstone National Park was injured by the animal and later arrested. And a Utah couple accidentally shipped their pet cat with Amazon returns. Fortunately, three weeks later they had a “miraculous” reunion.
And in transport news, Australian travelers were left stranded after a budget airline went bankrupt, flights were canceled in Indonesia because of volcanic eruptions and two cruise passengers, aged 81 and 84, had to rush to reach their ship after being left behind in Spain.
And finally, there was trouble in paradise when four Americans, in different incidents, were accused of bringing live ammunition into Turks and Caicos. The crime can carry a prison sentence of 12 years, although judges can use discretion.
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Plans for the busiest megahub ever have been revealed.
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Pack light.
