HotelTravel.com recently completed a customer poll on Asia’s most desirable island destinations and it is not surprising that Bali, Indonesia came out on tops in the region. HotelTravel.com Chief Communications Officer, Tom Racette, said demand for this alluring Indonesian tropical paradise remained as strong as ever. Continue reading »

Bali has again been recognized by a distinguished travel magazine as the best island in the Asia-Pacific region for 2009, Antara state news agency has reported. “Bali has been honored as The Best Island in Asia Pacific 2009 by DestinAsian Magazine in Hong Kong,” Culture and Tourism Ministry’s director for promotion facilities Esthy Reko Astuty said Thursday. Continue reading »

At Kuta Beach in Bali, hundreds of Australians swarm in and out of beach side pubs. At Angkor Wat, a jovial group of 50 South Koreans follow their guide up a narrow stone staircase, blocking the way as Granny slowly takes the last few steps. In Bangkok, it’s an elbow-jabbing scrum around the Emerald Buddha at the National Palace as tourists from dozens of nations jostle for the perfect photo op. Continue reading »