Asia caters for group travel

Group travel in Asia is easy, helped along by the fact that Asia is so vast meaning the options for group travel are endless.

Multi or at least twin centre tours are popular, where groups travel together for usually a week, ten days or a fortnight. You might not know the people you are travelling with, but by the end of the trip you will. This means you will not understand a whole new culture, but you will also make a whole new set of friends. Other people choose to travel to Asia in groups of friends. This is especially true of backpackers, where groups of friends go travelling together. Asia is almost always a destination for these group travellers.

Most travel agents or travel sites online can help organise group travel, whatever your requirements. Things like this are especially helpful if you are going with a group like a sports team, club or school. Many groups travelling to Asia will find sites or travel agents with these facilities most helpful. With so much to see and learn in Asia, it is easy to see why the continent is so popular for group travel. Asia is so diverse because it is so big. From Armenia to Japan, it covers nearly a quarter of the world's land area and has about 60 per cent of the world's population with four billion people. With such a big area to cover, it is difficult to pinpoint the areas that are popular for group travel. But we can list some of the main areas in Asia to give groups who are thinking of travelling to the continent somewhere to start when looking at where it is they want to go.

Tokyo is considered one of the world's largest cities, and is a capital city to Japan in the Far East of Asia. It is popular with businessmen, but more and more people are choosing to pay this fantastic futuristic city a visit.

Bangkok in Thailand has always been popular with travellers, especially with groups of backpackers. This is a city more widely known for its side streets and alleyways than for any famous landmarks. It has a fantastic atmosphere to it, and is a must for anyone who wants to experience the organised confusion this city exudes.

Singapore has more to offer than just the ban on chewing gum that most westerners associate with the area. Hong Kong is more than just a trade city and Shanghai in China is a perfect example of what happens when East meets West.
Other areas popular with group travellers, especially backpackers, are parts of Thailand like Phi Phi Island, Koh Samui and Phuket.

Honeymooners also favour this part of Asia, so if your group travels here be prepared for lots of couples who cannot keep their hands off each other. Other less popular areas, like Vietnam and Cambodia, are beginning to creep up the popularity scale with many travellers, including groups.