Letting Asia do the talking

from Unfollow the herd | 2024 Selective Asia

FAQs

If you’ve already set foot in Asia, you’ll recognise that there’s something special about the place -something which keeps on drawing you back for more. Perhaps it’s the people, or perhaps it’s less tangible - an element fundamentally baked into its nature and philosophy. We feel it too. While it’s crucial for us to know all about the latest hotels, the innovative new tours - the glossy travel mag stuff - we can’t help but gaze deeper. We follow the region’s fortunes and trends the way we do the UK’s. Our hearts sink when an Asia-related headline is bad, and we’re thrilled by every positive development. This deep connection with the region underpins our confidence that what we’re sharing with you is truly worth your attention.

The insights in the following pages were personally put forward by our Destination Specialists, so you’re getting intel straight off the shop floor, so to speak. Just as each country has its own personality, its own quirks - perhaps another reason we feel the urge to keep exploring more of them! - all our specialists have their own particular interests. It might be film, food (especially food!), diving, conservation, photography; but with each individual, it always comes back to Asia. Any one of us could go on for hours if you let us, telling you about our discoveries... but for now we’ll exercise some self control, and leave you to enjoy a few select words in your own time.

Nick Pulley - Founder

South Korea - 19

Japan - 18

Tibet - 12 & 13

Nepal - 12 & 13

India - 26 & 27

Bhutan - 14 & 15

Sri Lanka - 24

Maldives - 25

Laos- 11

Thailand - 10

Cambodia - 23 & 23

Vietnam - 20 & 21

When to go - 29 & 30

Borneo - 16 & 17

Indonesia - 12 & 13

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