Since I am at home these days, I thought I’d get a head-start on planning our 2016 and 2017 holidays! The June holidays are just about a month away and we are considering a number of options to travel regionally.
I came across this list from TripAdvisor and this seems to be a good starting point for anyone wanting to travel around Asia. Here are the top 25 Asian destinations of 2016. Of these, I’ve been to roughly half this list. I now need to start looking at the others, but I do know there will be some I won’t go to which may be overrun with backpackers and are famous for activities I am not interested in.
The top 25 Asian destinations are:
- Siam Reap, Cambodia
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Hong Kong, China SAR
- Tokyo, Japan
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- New Delhi, India
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Hoi An, Vietnam
- Kathu, Thailand
- Krabi, Thailand
- Jaipur, India
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Bophut, Thailand
- Beijing, China
- Singapore
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Kyoto, Japan
- Goa, India
- Shanghai, China
- Seoul, South Korea
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Osaka, Japan
- Mumbai/Bombay, India
If you want to know the top destinations worldwide, here’s the link:
- London, United Kingdom
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Marrakech, Morocco
- Paris, France
- Siam Reap, Cambodia
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Rome, Italy
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- New York City, USA
- Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
- Barcelona, Spain
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Dubai, UAE
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Playa del Carmen, Mexico
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Tokyo, Japan
- Cusco, Peru
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Sydney, Australia
- Budapest, Hungary
This list has seriously awakened the travel wanderlust in me, and I need to start planning for trips out of this region. We have pending trips to meet family to both Europe and North America and I need to start saving up for these trips. For a family of four adults, this will be serious $$, especially flights!
OK, gotta start looking for jobs now!
Memories and Such 
Shameless self promotion here, but I’ve just written a blog on a trip I’ve planned for Vietnam, Cambodia and a bit of Bangkok…. I’ve called it the Upside Down Heart tour- come check it out. It just happens to take in 4 of your top 10 Asian destinations which is pretty cool…. It wont help your wanderlust one bit though! Haha. Looking forward to finding out where you end up…! 🙂
Thanks Dream Fly Discover! Vietnam’s one of the places we’re looking at, specifically Hanoi and Ha Long Bay. Will check out your post in a bit, though we’ve done the other two already, but since they’re one of my favorite SE Asian destinations, I can go there again in a heartbeat!