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Mysterious Khao Sok National Park has no cell service but 160 million years of lush beauty. Sleep in a floating bungalow on this massive man-made lake.

From flying through treetops to indigenous immersions, these are some of Southeast Asia’s shining stars that put sustainability at their heart. In honor of Earth Day, plan your next trip to make a difference.

Presenting the Travel + Leisure It List 2021

Thinking about retiring in Europe? Consider these nine destinations.

The United Nations World Happiness Report remains dominated by Nordic countries. But there’s a new twist this year, with East Asian nations getting a shout-out for Covid-times quality of life.

You can find us in the club: sipping Ruinart and eating robata in Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong’s slick new additions.

It was filmed on location at the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

The new feature will help make your next trip safer and easier.

All meals are served with endless glasses of wine or champagne.

It just got easier for international travelers to visit the Kingdom.

Street-food stalls, mom-and-pop shops, plant-based menus and community activists. We can’t eat in fancy restaurants every night—and this new list proves why we don’t want to, either.

If you haven’t heard of 1 Hotels, get your green flags waving. This extra-eco, uber-luxury brand has just opened in Hainan, China.

You’ll want to stock up on these sunscreens this summer.

Get your beach bods ready. Thailand’s most famous island, Phuket, will allow vaccinated international tourists to fly in without quarantine in July

This conclusion will further contribute to ensure safe and secure Games for all participants and the Japanese public.

These Global Vision Awards honorees are collectives that prove the tremendous value in working together to improve the travel industry.

The Global Vision Awards honor people, places and organizations making travel greener and more socially responsible.

In honor of the Emerald Isle, we raise a toast to the greenest, most conscientious brewers in our region. Because what’s St. Patrick’s Day without green beer?

We’ve teamed up with Kurumba Maldives to offer a four-night stay at their postcard-perfect resort, including a full meal plan and roundtrip transfers from Male Velana International Airport.

With the #OpenThailandSafely campaign, organizers hope to welcome tourists back on July 1.

Karana is producing ‘pork’ out of jackfruit from Sri Lanka and Singapore’s top chefs are eating it up. We taste-tested them all.

These bars reduce, reuse and recycle, plus replant the rainforest on the path to delicious drinks. Here are a few lessons in eco-mixology, complete with climate-conscious cocktail recipes.

We’re dedicating this month to environmentally responsible travel and leisure. First up, a primer on the 7 key signs of a sustainable hotel.

THIS SPRING, AIR NEW ZEALAND WILL BEGIN a trial period with a digital health passport as flying with test results or proof of vaccination in a digital format becomes more prevalent in air travel. The airline will trial the digital travel pass app developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), on flights between Auckland and Sydney […]

The T+L 500 are the world’s best hotels in 2021, as voted by T+L’s discerning readers.

We love our hotels, but #villalife is really something special. Get inspired for your next group trip with this round-up of killer villas across the region.

Get ready to see the world once again.

You’ve got mail — and it’s from your salad.

Even vaccinated foreign travelers won’t be exempt from mandatory two-week hotel quarantines in Australia.

The airline started getting its employees vaccinated in December.

In a country with perhaps the world’s strictest quarantine—21 nights—one hotel has pledged disadvantaged returnees rooms for just 13 US cents per night.

We know travel restrictions mean you probably can’t avail of any of these offers. But here’s a bit of Valentine’s voyeurism into some of Asia’s most extravagant romantic experiences.

If home is where the heart is, these restaurants around our region really set ours aflutter. Here are 7 of our favorite fine-dining spots that deliver Valentine’s Day to your door.

The Year of the Ox starts February 12. Here’s a look at the celebration plans, Covid regulations and best restaurants for new year’s dinner in Hong Kong, Saigon, Singapore and Taipei.

Who knew pandas were so good at sledding?

A new boutique hotel on Rottnest Island ups the ante for accommodations in Western Australia’s favorite nature getaway.

Many of the world’s strongest liquors are banned by the TSA for their high alcohol content.

We asked our insiders for their favorite places to travel domestically. Veronica Inveen tells us what’s tops in Thailand.

We asked our writers for their favorite places to travel domestically. Chloe Sachdev writes our post-pandemic bucket list for Australia.

Could it get any more Japanese than driving around to a bunch of delicious noodle joints with a big bowl of fake noodles on your roof?

We asked our writers for their favorite places to travel domestically. Here, Christian Barker tells us where he fancies in Singapore.

Not wearing a face mask in Bali could cost you — in push-ups.

We asked our writers for their favorite places to travel domestically. Add these in Malaysia to your post-pandemic bucket lists

Travelers must prove two weeks have passed since they received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to visit.

We asked our writers for their favorite places to travel domestically. Here, Kee Foong tells us where to go in Hong Kong.

The new requirement is meant to help stem the spread of new coronavirus variants.

Sri Lanka has reopened to foreign tourists with new COVID-19 testing requirements and travel bubbles.

Cheers!

Governments around the region got you locked in? With Michelin meals, multimedia escapes and even leopard-spotting excursions, these hotels will (almost) leave you wishing that quarantine would never end.

Both Etihad and Emirates will begin using a health passport to help passengers organize the COVID-19 testing documentation required to travel.

After a hellish year, Australia’s bushfire comeback is the good-news story we all need right now.

Here’s your chance to see the magic before the park opens next month.

The new rule will go into effect on January 26.

Thanks to COVID-19, Thailand requires all inbound travelers to quarantine for a couple of weeks. In a city swimming in staycations, will Bangkokians volunteer for a luxe lock-in?

Qantas came out on top — again.

The island is now implementing a testing and ‘resort bubble’ program.

New York City is only as far as your laptop.

Over the past few months, staycations and domestic travel have pushed round-the-world journeys off our agendas. Check out these deals that make it easier—and cheaper—to travel in your home country.

“I’m gonna brag about it to my parents.”

Prost to Berlin’s largest beer hall for showing the true meaning of holiday cheer during the pandemic.

Thinking about extending that Christmas break in that five-star hotel? How about for five months? Meet three families who spent quarantine like Eloise at The Plaza.

From MoMa to the Met, here’s how you can take a virtual trip to some of NYC’s most treasured institutions.

It’s only available in China.

Google has a virtual holiday village where you can track Santa and play games.

“This capture is the first documented record of the species surviving post-fire.”

We’ll never forget our masks again.

Sun, sand and plenty of space for social distancing—paradise is looking pretty good these days.

2020 will end on a high note for stargazers, with three unique night sky happenings in December.

Wonderfruit goes local, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less awesome.

This is the second time a Japanese space capsule has captured asteroid material.

The airline will cover up to US$200,000 in expenses.

The two countries announced that Mt. Everest is officially 8,849 meters tall, one meter taller than previously considered.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that it’s in the final development phase of its IATA travel pass.

2020 is finally coming to an end — and that means it’s time to reflect.

This tour focuses on the work of Antoni Gaudí, which can be found throughout the city.

The world’s first nationwide loyalty program launched December 1. Here’s how one of our writers busted out of Hong Kong for the great blue beyond.

A photo of a lonely Asian elephant shackled in a shed led the singer on a mission to show the creature that there is life after love.

As Covid abates, the Philippines is finally opening to domestic travel.

Emirates’ Dubai Connect package is back and better than ever.

From mile-high dating games to temple flybys, airlines are pooh-poohing Covid border closures with plane tickets that go roundtrip in a single flight.

Three cities are tied in the number one spot. Can you guess what they are?

We can’t wait to book our own Star Wars vacations to a land (not so) far, far away.

Singapore’s super cute critically endangered monkey species has a new safe haven–and a new fresh baby.

A lesser used tool in the men’s grooming arsenal, facials are frankly awesome.

Domestic and international airports are offering some peace of mind ahead of holiday travel with on-site COVID-19 testing — see if you can get tested at the hub you’re heading to.

Savvy hotels are bending the rules to fewer limitations and more time in-house for Covid-era guests.

Once completed, Solforest Ecopark outside of Hanoi will feature one of the tallest vertical gardens in the world.

Luxury is draped in greenery at Ovolo Hotels, which has converted all of its menus vegetarian.

Be transported by this season’s new cookbooks—without ever leaving your kitchen.

Five-star sustainability hero Banyan Tree is channeling the power of positive thinking.

Spoiler alert: We didn’t even miss fish during the vegan “sushi” omakase.

French, Italian, Spanish and Thai. The five hardest reservations to get in Thailand today vary in all ways but their utter deliciousness.

With tourism at a standstill, Indonesia hopes to rehab its coastline along with its economy.

Why #cheflife is as much about Michelin two-starred headliners as unknown refugees. This year’s annual World Gourmet Festival in Bangkok will help some of the globe’s neediest make a new life for themselves and their families.

Across Southeast Asia time-capsule cafés and bars provide a glimpse of—and a reassuring anchor to—neighborhood diners in simpler times.

Pinaree Sanpitak, one of Thailand’s most internationally acclaimed artists, celebrates the sacred and the sensual with two interactive—even edible—exhibits in Bangkok.

Starved of customers since March, the restaurant industry is in dire straits. These local initiatives around the region are hoping to help out.

Marriott Bonvoy has come up with creative and heavily discounted ways to relieve you of your pent-up points.

If knowledge is power, then self-reliance is the new luxury. As the routines of our lives are upended, more of us are seeking to travel in ways that prepare us for whatever the world throws at us next. Here’s how to prep for the survivalist-tourism trend.

Thailand is world-renowned for its service with a smile, but there are plenty of places to learn a little self-reliance, too. Set sail on the high-seas, or just in your own imagination.

Only in Japan would a rustic country farmstay include a disco greenhouse. A quick hop from Tokyo takes you straight into this organic wonderland. Strawberries and sweet potato heaven.

A long-time partner of T+L, Black Tomato specializes in crafting bespoke travel experiences around the globe, and their foray into tailor-made survivalism trips offers the ultimate sense of freedom.

Across the continent, innovators are rethinking everything you thought you knew about heading into the bush—and changing these iconic journeys for the better. By Christine Ajudua.

Singapore is reopening unilaterally to visitors from Vietnam and Australia (excluding Victoria state) this week.

The Land of Smiles is officially reopen to foreign tourists. Thailand will welcome its first international leisure flight next week, with about 120 long-term vacationers from Guangzhou, China.

Starting October 1, Japan is reopening its borders to all foreign nationals with long-term permits to stay or those visiting for shorter-term business trips.

This is the year of the staycation, so make the most of it with a special readers’ deal in your own backyard.

The modern master of grilling shares his tips on how to barbecue like a boss.

If a HIIT class 78-floors above ground won’t make you sweat, we’re not sure what will.

A top chef’s pastry cookbook, a guide to eco-travel and an industry-supporting collection of the world’s best hotel experiences.

Not quite ready to travel? With Melia Bali, you can save on a luxe stay for now or later in the year.

Here are the Top 25 hotels around the world, as voted by you, our discerning readers.

Readers rated airports on their access, checkin/security, restaurants/bars, shopping, and design. These are the world’s best airports in 2020.

The best resorts in Southeast Asia as voted by our readers in the T+L World’s Best Awards 2020.

Readers rated hotel brands on their locations, rooms/facilities, food, service, and overall value

Anyone surprised that Singapore Airlines has been voted best carrier on Earth for the 25th year running—read: all the years of WBA—hasn’t been paying close enough attention to the skies.

Bali’s eco-leanings put the island in good stead for a sustainable restart. These six resorts are leading the industry’s greenification.

Hoi An, Chiang Mai and Ubud reappear in this year’s edition of T+L World’s Best Cities. Add these cities to your bucket list.

With lockdowns easing, the tantalizing call of distant shores is made even more alluring by these exclusive T+L reader deals.

Here’s when and where you might be able to travel again in Asia.

Getting bored of your work from home view? Enjoy the view from someone else’s window around the world.

Celebrate Maori New Year with a stargazing livestream over Lake Tekapo.

More and more tourism providers around Asia-Pacific have been taking sincere sustainable strides, and we’d like to tip our sun hats to these green-hospitality groundbreakers. If visiting the beach inspires you to seek out ways to save it, consider the following eco-pillars and the resorts that do them admirably.

Raised in Washington, D.C., and having lived in Bangkok for eight years, Jeninne’s got a world of opinions.

Break your travel drought with a Samui trip—check official hotel websites for resident and stay-later deals as properties reopen with special rates.

All funds raised will provide financial relief for restaurants and bars worldwide.

Take a trip to nowhere or bring a luxury hotel experience into your home.

Hong Kong comes out on top, again.

The mesmerizing aerial footage shows the sea turtles swimming along the Great Barrier Reef towards the shores of North Queensland to lay eggs.

All those long-weekend jaunts seem great in theory, but they’re messing with your shut-eye. We look at science-backed strategies and some hotels deploying them to improve your slumber.

As Thailand targets the LGBT+ market, local hoteliers are adopting cool new services and amenities that give deeper meaning to the term “all-inclusive.”

No one wants to need medical help away from home, but knowing how to make smart decisions in an SOS situation and advocate for yourself can save time, money, stress—and maybe even your life.

Every morning was Christmas morning when a breakfast buffet awaited.

A little island time may not be as far off as you thought.

‘The Wave’ is the world’s largest anamorphic illusion.

We are SO ready for a Palawan sunset.

In case you were running out of quarantine activities (and vegetables!), here’s how you can build a hydroponic garden at home.

Amidst a global pandemic, Tourism Australia effectively encourages us to stay in, but also reminds us of the world that awaits.

With some of the lowest coronavirus cases in the region, Thailand might be the destination you should consider for your post-pandemic vacation.

This is not the kind of dog you want to pet.

Past trips aren’t the only thing we’ve been reminiscing about. Here are the T+L articles from the past year that our editors loved a little extra.

We reached out to some of the experts in charge of the top hotel wellness programs to get advice on how we can recenter while quarantined at home.

Happy hour lives on.

Shanghai Disney opens next week, and suddenly the world feels less bleak.

When Thai national Charles Dharapak left Jakarta to return to Bangkok, he had no idea he wouldn’t get home until 14 days later.

Dive deep into the work of everyone from Picasso to Rothko.

Add these to your quarantine reading list.

With boutique sailings like these adrift on the region’s most spectacular waters, there’s no need to hit the high seas for a family cruise.

These experiences feel a whole lot more productive than watching Netflix all day.

Take a tip from the pros with family-travel advice from the field.

Mix things up on your next family trip with activities that get the imagination—and the adrenaline— flowing.

Tourism Authority of Thailand offers a little dose of escapism.

There’s never been a better time to hone your photography skills. Here, professional photographer Scott A. Woodward offers his top tips on how to get the shot.

A kids-optional retreat in Bali provides a nurturing space for moms to invest in themselves, recharge and reconnect with themselves.

This might be your solution to getting work done without distractions from your children…or the fridge.


You can’t take that family vacation to the Maldives right now, but you and your kids can still study the archipelago’s marine life.

We may all be stuck indoors, but, thanks to Google Earth, we can still experience the dreamy pink trees from our couches.

Unexpected destinations maybe, but what’s certain is that these journeys enrich both the travelers and the locals they interact with.

Chef DK of Haoma is serving thousands of meals a days to jobless people and families in Bangkok.

Here’s how to eat at Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, even if you’re under lockdown.

We’re all in this together.

It’s a surprisingly splendid time to travel domestically.

Who said sleeping pods were only for first class and business travelers?

T+L’s monthly selection of trip-worthy places, experiences and events.

Rojak gin? Fancy Thai rum? Bring these bottles home instead of the elephant print pants.

Twenty places to visit this year, including the majestic Hunza Valley, Bangkok for those with an appetite, and a new-look Kyoto.

In a palm-oil plantation in Sabah, an unlikely eco-tourism alliance paves the way for Borneo pygmy elephants.

These stylish watering holes at InterContinental resorts serve up drinks with a view.

The old school rules in Geylang, where a colorful jumble of heritage shops, ornate temples, bustling kopitiams and legendary eateries invites a closer look at Singapore’s grittiest neighborhood.

Tracing her roots to Bacolod, Stephanie Zubiri discovers one secret to happiness in the Philippines’ “City of Smiles.”

Shinta Mani Hotels and architect/designer Bill Bensley have just opened Shinta Mani’s Shop With A Heart, a boutique specializing in handmade, artisan-crafted items from Cambodian creatives. One hundred percent of profits from the boutique go to the Shinta Mani Foundation in support of local community projects.

Sail into Komodo territory, visit retired elephants in Phuket, or try horse whispering in Gurgaon—this assortment of new experiences across Asia provides animal-friendly answers to the call of the wild.

A funky crop of co-living spaces is transforming millennial travel across Asia. Grace Ma finds sharing is caring in Singapore’s newest community-hotel hub.

Carving out a new life in Cambodia, a group of deported refugees brings a deeper resonance to local tours.

T+L’s monthly selection of trip-worthy places, experiences and events.

Literature allows us to explore the world as much as any of our trips, says author Viet Thanh Nguyen, who explains that he longs for the day he can visit Asia just for the sheer joy of travel.

How to prep a corner of paradise for the outside world while keeping it as pristine as possible is on the minds of many in Phu Quoc these days. It’s shockingly easy to get to this on-the-up Vietnamese idyll— just please don’t eat the sea urchin.

Faced with a rapidly dwindling gamat, or sea cucumber, population, The Andaman Hotel in Langkawi takes the lead to regenerate them.

While its war with America may be long over, Vietnam is still dealing with unexploded ordnance at an all-too-high cost. Now, as Veronica Inveen discovers, there are safe ways any visitor can help out.

T+L’s monthly selection of trip-worthy places, experiences and events.

They may have no Michelin stars, they might not rank on any best- restaurant lists, and, well, they’re not even trained as chefs, but the cooks who in infiltrate the kitchen twice weekly at The Anam Cam Ranh have something even more special to offer: a heaping portion of motherly love.

First class isn’t the only way to fly. How about flatbeds, chefs and your own crew on one-of-a-kind trips that let you skip the customs line? Private-jet tours are taking well-heeled travelers for the most luxurious cultural exchanges.

New arts and heritage project The Mills has transformed the neighborhood’s old textile factories into a center of boutique shops, dining spots and exhibition spaces worth a detour.

A walk through Manila’s Chinatown reveals its blended cultural identity and the legacies—places of worship, dishes to worship—of the Chinese Filipinos.

Made up of more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines has its beachwear sorted. Here are some of our favorite Filipino designs to pack for your next stylish seaside escape.

Low-budget, high-design, next-gen hotels have begun to sweep Asia, an on-trend fit for digital nomads, flashpackers and aesthetes alike.

There are more than 70 beaches bordering both the Pacific and Sydney Harbour, from the world-famous Bondi to the lesser-known Lady Martins. But you’d be remiss if you didn’t actually get out on the water— and take full advantage of the city’s idyllic setting.

Sydney is in the midst of a cultural renaissance, with a booming contemporary art and festival scene that could rival any on the global stage. Tony Perrottet explores the creative side of Australia’s iconic city by the sea. Plus, where to stay, eat and drink right now.

A night in a ryokan is already a singular experience, but a new, unconventional accommodation concept in Kyoto provides a stay that’s truly immersive.

Flaunting 60,000 kilometers of sun-kissed coast, Australia is awash in beaches. Those in the know don’t need to share the sand.

We know it’s no easy feat to vacation with multiple people, ages and energy levels, so here are some of our favorite hotels where everyone can get their kicks.

Multi-hour transits don’t have to be a drag—squeeze in a little extra sightseeing with free transit tours offered by some of Asia’s busiest airports.

On the shore of Western Australia, once-sleepy Perth is coming of age as a new culinary and creative destination.

Get butterflies as soon as the plane leaves the gate? This collection of apps will help ease your flying fears, so you can relax and enjoy the ride.

Taking photos of people you meet while traveling can be a great cultural exchange. Jeninne Lee-St. John heads out of Hoi An with a pro and learns how to turn on the charm.

Young chefs in the Philippine capital are whipping the local food scene into a frenzy with their cool restaurants.

It’s not easy being green, but these three eco-innovators across Asia are reshaping their industries one upcycled garment or zero-waste restaurant at a time. Dianna Hubbell talks to the visionaries about building a brighter, more sustainable future.

Catching the spirit of collaboration, Asian breweries are teaming up with bold beer hounds, artisanal chocolatiers, coffee roasters, and more to produce some serious suds.

Three destinations in Chiang Rai are helping city kids get their hands dirty with a bounty of outdoor activities.