How to become a techpat – the new tribe of digital nomads swapping taxes for tans
From the ashes of office life laid to waste by the pandemic, a new breed of digital nomad worker has arisen
13 February 2021 • 5:00am
For many years, remote working has largely been the territory of digital nomads, technologically savvy entrepreneurs with a thirst for travel, but the arrival of Covid has given birth to a new way of working and a new kind of worker – the techpat.
A mix of grounded nomads and workers no longer tied to an office, the techpats are moving in and setting up base in countries offering warmer weather, a relaxed lifestyle and, quite often, more attractive tax regimes.