Where asians want to travel to Asia in 2025

Bali. Bangkok. Maldives.

These directions often head “buckets” for global travelers, but travelers from the Asia-Pacific region plan trips to other directions in the region, showing search data from booking.com this year.

The data analyzing the search from January 1 to June 30 demonstrated the interest in traveling to the Asia-Pacific region depends on the country. However, one country occupies high 70% analyzed territories: Japan.

Tokyo headed the search lists in the region, but Osaka also appeared in the top -10 lists for travelers from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.

Japanese travelers also preferred their country, only one of their best directions located in another country – Seoul, South Korea (No. 5).

The South city of Fukuoka (No. 4 in Japan) also held a high rating for travelers from South Korea and Hong Kong.

Vietnamese, Indian and Malaysian travelers showed less interest in Japan – and international directions in general – in favor of places in their countries, according to Booking.com.

In the best 10 places sought by Vietnamese travelers were all in Vietnam, led by Danang Coastal City, where domestic searches grew 94% a year.

Similarly, 10 places looking for the Malays were in their country, led by Kuala -Lump, Melak and Georgetovna located on the island of Penang.

However, the best search among the Indians was Dubai. In the first half of 2025, Almost 10 million travelers Arrived in Dubai, with more than 10 came from India, reports DD News, Indian State Service.

In Australia, Sydney and Melbourne can attract the most international travelers, but those in Australia – According to higher rates, according to booking.com. Australians also sought trips to Bali (No. 5) with a higher rate than in Tokyo (No. 7) and Singapore (No. 9).

The data was shown among the most popular destinations for travelers in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea. However, the search for interest in the Thai capital was immersed in the year in China (-20%) and South Korea (-18%), according to booking.com.

Thailand is fighting for attracting international travelers – Especially those of China, its largest original market – Foreign visitors from January 1 to August 17 decreases by 7% a year, per year, According to Reuters.

In August, officials reviewed the predicted tourist arrival in Thailand up to 33 million out of 37 million.

In 2019, Thailand welcomed Almost 40 million foreign travelersAccording to his official tourism.

.Caela Ling at CNBC contributed to this report.

Report: This article has been updated to reflect that Booking.com data is covered by 10 territories in the Asia-Pacific region.