The US Department of State has announced that the Government of the Republic of Austria and the Government of the United States recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch a reciprocal professional development program. The new U.S.-Austria Professional Development and Cultural Exchange program, subject to renewal, will be valid for five years and became effective January 31, 2024. The program provides an exchange opportunity for students and recent graduates of Austrian-accredited post-secondary and dual/vocational education programs. Austrian exchange visitors will be placed for an internship or training experience at private companies and non-profit institutions in the United States. The maximum program duration is 12 months....

As outlined in WYSE Travel Confederation’s New Horizons IV: A global study of the youth and student traveller, the rise of the digital nomad was already evident, even before the pandemic. In New Horizons IV we analysed the profile of those youth travellers who identified themselves as digital nomads, who we defined as “Travellers who use digital technologies to work and/or support a location-independent lifestyle.” At that time in 2017, digital nomads appeared as a small but interesting youth travel niche market. On the basis of our research we estimated that around 1.8 million youth travellers globally would identify themselves as digital nomads. Although this seemed like a small niche at the time, digital nomads are important because of the...