Asian Geographic Magazines

From natural wonders and splendid architecture to historical cities and spiritual centres, Asia’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites should be at the top of your travel bucket list MELAKA & GEORGE TOWN,HISTORIC CITIES OF THE STRAITS OF MALACCA Melaka and George Town have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The...

Sabah International Convention Centre, Sabah, Malaysia 18 – 20 August 2023 The ADEX SABAH Mermaid Competition 2023 is set to take place at the Sabah International Convention Centre from 18th to 20th August 2023 as part of the inaugural ADEX Sabah Ocean Partnership Summit.  Mermaids from all over the world will come together to showcase their skills and grace in this...

SIPADAN ISLAND Lying just off the northeast coast of Borneo is Sipadan, Malaysia’s only oceanic island. This magical isle was made famous by renowned French oceanographer, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, in his documentary Borneo: The Ghost of the Sea Turtle. But green turtles are by no means the only creatures you’ll find here: Sipadan offers prolific marine life of all shapes and sizes. Those...

SABAH TO HOST ADEX OCEAN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT 2023,18 – 20 August,Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC) Organised in partnership with the Sabah Tourism Board, Sabah will play host to the ADEX Ocean Partnership Summit 2023, a succession to the Asia Dive Expo (ADEX) that took place in Singapore at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, 31 March to 2 April, 2023. ADEX...

Investigation conducted by Asia for Animals and We Animals Media Photography by by Aaron Gekoski /Asia for Animals and We Animals Media Extracted Text by Asia for Animals and We Animals Media Edited Text by Sienna Lakin *Warning: Graphic Content* In Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sept 5, 2022, a joint investigation conducted by Asia for Animals Coalition in conjunction with We Animals Media revealed and documented...

Celebrating over 20 years of bringing Asia to the world, the Images of Asia (IOA) Competition by Asian Geographic has been enjoyed by readers, photographers and enthusiasts for the past 16 years with a focus on sharing the vitality and diversity of Asia through photography. Exclusively for the 2022 edition, featuring the Department of Tourism of the Philippines and the...

Text by Khushi Makasare One of the world's oldest religions, Zoroastrianism might slowly be fading into obscurity. The Dadar Parsi Colony in Mumbai, India is home to the largest concentration of Zoroastrians in the world. The colony is made up of about 15,000 Parsis, an ethnoreligious group of Persian descendants who follow the Zoroastrian religion. Continuous political turmoil and draconian acts of...

Text by Khushi Makasare In Nepal, young girls are revered as supreme deities - but not for long. The sun rises over the Kathmandu Valley as a toddler is beautified with red and yellow face paint. She is decked in gold and silver jewellery, and her eyes are outlined with bold kohl. This young girl is a Kumari, a manifestation of the...