Wy/te/ఆసియా
Asia is the world's largest continent by land area and population, home to 4.4 billion people; more than half of the world's population.
The continent is too massive and diverse to conceptualize as a single digestible travel "destination". Travel options range widely, from the desert ruins and modern mega-malls of the Middle East to the magnificent ancient monuments and giant mountains in South Asia, from the beach bungalows and jungle treks of Southeast Asia to the mega-cities and technology capitals of East Asia.
Asia gets a tremendous number of travellers, both for tourism and business. Many of the world's most-visited cities are in Asia, including Bangkok, Dubai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Taipei, Osaka and Shanghai.
Asia offers intriguing destinations for every type of traveller, be they a novice or experienced road-warrior. Easier options include modern, prosperous countries like Japan and the East Asian Tigers of Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea, where people enjoy very high standards of living. There are also extremely poor Asian countries, where people struggle even to get a few grains of rice each day, such as Cambodia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Laos and East Timor. Some countries are well-established on the budget tourist trail, including Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia, but there are other countries that strictly restrict tourism to certain regions or types of tourism, such as Bhutan and the Maldives. North Korea and Turkmenistan, easily the world's most isolated and repressive states, take it even further, with constantly-watched group tours dedicated to their "great leaders". Of course, there are also many countries lying somewhere in the middle, which is where one might place the emerging powerhouses of China and India; those huge, populous lands make wonderful travel destinations in themselves due to their long history, traditions and diversity.
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| మధ్య ఆసియా (ఆఫ్ఘనిస్తాన్, కజకస్తాన్, కిర్గిజిస్తాన్, సిరియా, తుర్కమేనిస్తాన్, ఉజ్బెకిస్తాన్) Being one of the most closed regions in the world, these countries offer bare, spectacular landscapes and true adventure in the footsteps of Marco Polo and elsewhere forgotten communism. |
| East Asia (చైనా (mainland), హాంగ్‌కాంగ్, జపాన్, మకావు, మంగోలియా, ఉత్తర కొరియా, దక్షిణ కొరియా, తైవాన్) Contrasts of old versus new, the biggest of mega-cities at the front-end of technological development combines with well-preserved temples and sites of the ancient cultures and philosophies still present in everyday society. The vast, open plains of rural China and Mongolia offer something quite different. |
| మధ్యప్రాచ్యం (బహ్రయిన్, ఇరాన్, ఇరాక్, ఇజ్రాయిల్, జోర్డాన్, కువైట్, లెబనాన్, ఒమన్, Palestinian territories, కతర్, సౌదీ అరేబియా, సిరియా, టర్కీ, యునైటెడ్ అరబ్ ఎమిరేట్స్, యెమన్) Home of the first civilizations in the world's history, and the land where the three Abrahamic religions were revealed, it is now one of the fastest growing regions of the world with increasing development and a rich heritage. |
| రష్యా and the Caucasus (Abkhazia, అజర్‌బైజాన్, ఆర్మేనియా, జార్జియా, Nagorno-Karabakh, రష్యా, South Ossetia) Russia covers much of Asia, a huge country of vast, empty expanses. The Caucasus is a dense, warm, friendly region, but some parts of it are considered unstable. Geographically these territories have a foothold in both Europe and Asia, and are sometimes referred to as Eurasia. |
| దక్షిణాసియా (బంగ్లాదేశ్, భూటాన్, భారత్, మాల్దీవులు, నేపాల్, పాకిస్తాన్, శ్రీలంక) The breathtaking roof of the world that is the Himalayas in the north, tropical, humid waterways in the south, and some of the most chaotic cities to be found in between. |
| Southeast Asia (బ్రూనై, కాంబోడియా, తూర్పు తైమూర్, ఇండోనేషియా, లావోస్, మలేషియా, మయాన్మార్ (బర్మా), ఫిలిప్పైన్స్, సింగపూర్, థాయిలాండ్, వియత్నాం) Hot and humid, Buddhist monasteries and tropical beaches offer relaxed getaways from the rowdy, bustling cities popular with backpackers. |