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Asia and the Middle East travel guides
From Central Asia to Japan, and from the Gulf to the islands of Southeast Asia: some of the world’s busiest cities and quietest mountains, and entry rules that differ a lot from one border to the next.
Open now: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, State of Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.
Central Asia
5 countries
- KazakhstanCapital: AstanaGuide open
- KyrgyzstanCapital: BishkekGuide open
- TajikistanCapital: DushanbeGuide open
- TurkmenistanCapital: AshgabatGuide open
- UzbekistanCapital: TashkentGuide open
East Asia
5 countries
- ChinaCapital: BeijingGuide open
- JapanCapital: TokyoGuide open
- MongoliaCapital: UlaanbaatarGuide open
- North KoreaCapital: PyongyangGuide open
- South KoreaCapital: SeoulGuide open
Southeast Asia
11 countries
- BruneiCapital: Bandar Seri BegawanGuide open
- CambodiaCapital: Phnom PenhGuide open
- IndonesiaCapital: JakartaGuide open
- LaosCapital: VientianeGuide open
- MalaysiaCapital: Kuala LumpurGuide open
- MyanmarCapital: Nay Pyi TawGuide open
- PhilippinesCapital: ManilaGuide open
- SingaporeCapital: SingaporeGuide open
- ThailandCapital: BangkokGuide open
- Timor-LesteCapital: DiliGuide open
- VietnamCapital: HanoiGuide open
South Asia
9 countries
- AfghanistanCapital: KabulGuide open
- BangladeshCapital: DhakaGuide open
- BhutanCapital: ThimphuGuide open
- IndiaCapital: New DelhiGuide open
- IranCapital: TehranGuide open
- MaldivesCapital: MaléGuide open
- NepalCapital: KathmanduGuide open
- PakistanCapital: IslamabadGuide open
- Sri LankaCapital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) and Colombo (commercial)Guide open
The Middle East and the Caucasus
18 countries
- ArmeniaCapital: YerevanGuide open
- AzerbaijanCapital: BakuGuide open
- BahrainCapital: ManamaGuide open
- CyprusCapital: NicosiaGuide open
- GeorgiaCapital: TbilisiGuide open
- IraqCapital: BaghdadGuide open
- IsraelCapital: Jerusalem (its status is disputed; most embassies are in Tel Aviv)Guide open
- JordanCapital: AmmanGuide open
- KuwaitCapital: Kuwait CityGuide open
- LebanonCapital: BeirutGuide open
- OmanCapital: MuscatGuide open
- State of PalestineCapital: East Jerusalem (proclaimed); the government sits in RamallahGuide open
- QatarCapital: DohaGuide open
- Saudi ArabiaCapital: RiyadhGuide open
- SyriaCapital: DamascusGuide open
- TürkiyeCapital: AnkaraGuide open
- United Arab EmiratesCapital: Abu DhabiGuide open
- YemenCapital: Sana’aGuide open
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