Digital Nomads: Way of life, Journey Habits, and the Work/Leisure Steadiness

Table 1 presents the demographic traits of the members. Of the 101 members, 56 are males (55.4%) and 45 are ladies (44.6%). The majority of the members belongs to the age teams 35–44 (43.6%) and 25–34 (39.6%) and are single (68.3%). The academic degree of the members is remarkably excessive, as 45 of them (44.6%) are graduates of tertiary (increased) schooling, whereas 50 of them (49.5%) maintain a Master’s or PhD diploma; 46 of the members (45.5%) determine themselves as distant staff, 35 are freelancers (34.7%), and 20 are entrepreneurs (19.8%). The members come from 26 totally different nations.

Initially, the analysis targeted on the journey habits of digital nomads. More than half of the members are skilled digital nomads, with 25 of them (24.8%) touring as digital nomads for greater than three years, whereas 31 (30.7%) have been touring for one to 3 years. The relaxation, are comparatively new digital nomads, as 18 of them (17.8%) journey from 7 months to 1 12 months, 15 (14.9%) from 3 to six months, and the remaining 12 (11.9%) for lower than three months. Of the members, 59 (58.4%) often journey exterior their nation of residence, whereas the remaining 42 (41.6%) select locations each inside and outdoors their nation of residence. It is noteworthy that none journey completely inside their nation of residence. One of the primary aims of the analysis was to research the choice standards of locations by digital nomads. According to their responses (Table 2), these standards are a number of, with the highest 5 being connectivity and accessible digital infrastructure (e.g. excessive pace web) (Mean = 4.03), high quality of life (Mean = 3.94), price of residing (Mean = 3.83), security (Mean = 3.79) and visa coverage (Mean = 3.78) within the vacation spot. At the time of the survey, the 101 digital nomads have been residing and dealing in 21 nations, with the most well-liked being Greece (9 members), the USA (8 members), Georgia (6 members), Spain (5 members), and Colombia (3 members). Nevertheless, nearly all of digital nomads appear to vary locations steadily, with greater than half (58.4%) staying in a vacation spot for 1 to three months, 15 (14.9%) keep for 4 to six months, 6 (5.9%) for 7 to 12 months, whereas solely 2 members (2%) keep in a vacation spot for greater than a 12 months. Approximately 19 members (18.8%) reported that the size of keep in a vacation spot isn’t the identical every time however relies on the vacation spot itself and what it provides.

In the subsequent a part of the survey, members have been requested about what components they think about vital to additional enhance the variety of digital nomads worldwide. In order of significance, the components that might push digital nomadism probably the most are digital transformation of companies (Mean = 3.85), incentives from locations to draw digital nomads (e.g., tax cuts) (Mean = 3.68), bettering the technological infrastructure of locations (Mean = 3.50), internationalization of companies (Mean = 3.40), lowering the price of air journey (Mean = 3.27), and rising the safety of digital transactions (Mean = 3.14). The growth of good applied sciences (Mean = 2.60) and the discount of air journey time (Mean = 2.38) appear to be of much less significance.

Subsequently, the members’ views and perceptions of each digital nomadism and their private lives as digital nomads have been explored. To start with, nearly all agree that the character of their work is such that they’ll carry out it utterly remotely utilizing digital instruments and the web (Mean = 4.56). They intend to proceed residing and dealing as digital nomads sooner or later (Mean = 4.21), as they’re utterly happy with this life-style (Mean = 3.89) and to a big extent with their earnings (Mean = 3.55), whereas most of them can not think about themselves working in a gradual place with a set schedule (Mean = 3.42). They admit that working in low-cost nations permits them to economize to finance their journey (Mean = 4.08), however disagree that their precedence is journey moderately than their profession (Mean = 2.70). Although they agree that the COVID-19 restrictions (quarantine, discount of human contacts, and so on.) have inspired teleworking and subsequently boosted digital nomadism (Mean = 4.11), for many of them it was not the pandemic that led them to grow to be digital nomads (Mean = 2.67). In relation to work–life steadiness, lots of the members admit that this life-style and work is a deterrent to beginning a household (Mean = 3.22). However, the dearth of significant relationships, the fixed instability and loneliness of this life-style doesn’t appear to discourage them from persevering with to dwell as digital nomads sooner or later (Mean = 2.97). In any case, they agree that digital nomadism is a powerful pattern (Mean = 3.96) and that the proportion of distant working will enhance sooner or later (Mean = 3.94) (Table 3).