Sitting on the terrace of a cafe in the heart of Lisbon one morning in June, sales specialist Victor Soto was busy at work communicating with colleagues across Europe and the Americas.

The COVID-19 pandemic is what drove the British Peruvian 33-year-old to become a so-called ¡°digital nomad.¡±

¡°The lifestyle gives me a lot of choice and freedom,¡± he said. Soto made the decision to work only for companies that offer fully remote working in order to fulfill his passion for travel, he explained.