Published on 20 Mar 2024 on Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance
20 Most Underrated Travel Destinations in Asia
This article looks at the 20 most underrated travel destinations in Asia. If you wish to skip our detailed analysis of travel trends in Asia, you may go to 5 Most Underrated Travel Destinations in Asia.
Beyond the Tourist Trap: Exploring Uncharted Destinations
At its core, tourism is fueled by the innate human desire to venture into the unknown. Much like Plato’s allegory of the cave, our quest to travel is a conscious effort to rattle the chains of our cavic existence, expanding the horizons of our primitive minds in the process. Since the alleviation of COVID-19 travel restrictions, the human passion for globetrotting has been set ablaze once more. According to UNWTO, tourism levels reached 88% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023, and are expected to surpass them in 2024.