May 2022: In Review
Blog Published on 11 Jun 2022
“Our Man in Vientiane” tops the list again! Three times, we’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Jason Rolan on The South East Asia Travel Show. Three times, Jason’s on-the-spot insights about travel in Laos have taken the respective month’s No.1 podcast title. November 2020. August 2021. Now May 2022. Congrats to Jason, who topped the Deciphering South East Asia’s Hottest Travel Buzzwords pod, which placed second in May.
Click the links below to listen to our top-rated May 2022 shows - listed in ranking order (for total listens during the month):
- Ep 133: Laos Reopens to International Tourists, with Jason Rolan
- Ep 132: Deciphering South East Asia’s Hottest Travel Recovery Buzzwords
- Ep 134: South East Asia Seeks to Build Momentum For A Travel Recovery
- Ep 130: Talking All Things Travel & Tourism in Thailand in 2022, with Vincent Vichit-Vadakan
Here are our top 4 May podcast stats:
- The show was downloaded in 61 countries during the month.
- Top 10 listener markets were: US, Australia, UK, Thailand, Canada, Singapore, Ireland, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Philippines.
- Just outside the Top 10 were Kenya, New Zealand, Japan, Denmark, UAE and Netherlands.
- 36.4% of listeners tuned in via Apple Podcasts, 19.3% on Spotify, 10.0% on Google Podcasts, 3.1% on CastBox & 2.9% via Overcast.
Latest Episodes Catch up with the pods you may have missed
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22 Aug 2025 • 26m46s
Ep 266: More Indonesian Airports, Thai Crypto Tourists & Vietnam's Proposed Superapp: This Week in Review
Indonesia plans to expand its total of international airports by Presidential decree. Thailand fires the regional starting gun for crypto payments in tourism (when will other countries join the race?). Vietnam launches its own ‘Superapp’ to be rolled out over the next two years. It’s been a week of mega-announcements in South East Asia as concerns grow about slowing travel and tourism momentum and looming geo-economic disruptions.
Join Gary and Hannah as they travel through ASEAN to discuss the top travel talking points of the past seven days.
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14 Aug 2025 • 33m26s
Ep 265: Rethinking Indonesia's Under-achieving Inbound Tourism Sector, with Nur Wulan T
“Indonesia has the potential to lead in eco-tourism, in cultural heritage and in Muslim-friendly tourism… but it tries to promote everything all at once, which dilutes the message.” Beautiful, vast and complex, Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago nation, and home to the planet’s fourth-largest population. But tourism is heavily concentrated in Bali, which recorded 45% of inbound arrivals to Indonesia in 2024.
Meanwhile, Indonesia lags behind Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam for visitor arrivals, attracting 13.
