January 2022: In Review
Blog Published on 2 Feb 2022
We kickstarted 2022 by producing 5 new podcasts - including our annual 2-part travel wish list show for South East Asia, and a regional round-up ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. We also interviewed Lombok-based travel filmmaker Josh Edwards.
Click the links below to listen to our January 2022 shows - listed in ranking order:
- Ep 115: 2022: The Current State of Travel & Tourism in South East Asia
- Ep 116: 22 For 2022: A Wishlist for Travel & Tourism in ASEAN - Part I
- Ep 118: 22 for 2022: A Wishlist for Travel & Tourism in ASEAN - Part II
- Ep 117: Producing Travel Shows in Lombok, with Josh Edwards
- Ep 119: Is South East Asia Ready to Reboot Travel in the Year of the Tiger?
Here are our top 4 January podcast stats:
- The show was downloaded in 57 countries during the month.
- January brought our 2nd biggest monthly audience, slightly behind November 2021.
- Top 10 listener markets were: UK, US, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada & Brazil.
- 46.1% of listeners tuned in via Apple Podcasts, 15.8% on Spotify, 7.2% on Google Podcasts, 4.0% Podcast Addict & 2.38% on Pocket Casts.
Latest Episodes Catch up with the pods you may have missed
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7 Jan 2026 • 48m26s
Ep 278: Travel & Tourism in an Age of Uncertainty: 12 Key Themes to Watch in South East Asia & Asia Pacific in 2026
If 2025 heralded a new Age of Uncertainty across global political landscapes and economic sectors, what does 2026 hold in store for South East Asia and the broader Asia Pacific region? And how will the myriad risks and uncertainties that emerged last year influence travel and tourism patterns in 2026? Was 2025 the end of days for many post-pandemic travel ‘trends’? And what vital lessons did 2025 teach us for the rest of the decade?
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8 Dec 2025 • 34m57s
Ep 277: The Geopolitics of Travel & Tourism in ASEAN, Asia Pacific & Beyond in the Era of AI
“I was at a tourism conference in Hangzhou in 2018, where Chinese companies showed how they were using AI to personalise travel for users. That’s nearly eight years ago.” In 2025, AI became a strategic commercial tool in all sectors, including travel and tourism. But it isn’t widely understood just how effectively embedded AI already is in China’s tourism sector, and how far ahead its leading players are to much of the world.
