August 2026 publication

Asia

Which destinations do AI assistants name when travelers ask where to go in Asia?

Updated August 17, 2026 Based on 3 weekly surveys in August 2026 20 destinations cited by at least one AI assistant, out of 88 measured.

Top 10 at a glance

Bar chart of the top 10 destinations by index value 1. Thailand 87 2. Indonesia 84 3. Vietnam 82 4. Bali 74 5. Japan 62 6. Cambodia 55 7. Malaysia 48 8. South Korea 46 9. Laos 44 10. India 44

The August 2026 ranking

Asia: destinations ranked by AI visibility index, August 2026.
Rank Destination Index Trend Consensus By assistant Voice share
1 Thailand 87 0 ChatGPT: cited in 89% of answers Claude: cited in 100% of answers Gemini: cited in 61% of answers Perplexity: cited in 72% of answers Mistral: cited in 100% of answers Grok: cited in 100% of answers 11%
2 Indonesia 84 -1 ChatGPT: cited in 89% of answers Claude: cited in 100% of answers Gemini: cited in 50% of answers Perplexity: cited in 72% of answers Mistral: cited in 100% of answers Grok: cited in 94% of answers 11%
3 Vietnam 82 -8 ChatGPT: cited in 83% of answers Claude: cited in 100% of answers Gemini: cited in 61% of answers Perplexity: cited in 56% of answers Mistral: cited in 94% of answers Grok: cited in 100% of answers 11%
4 Bali 74 +3 ChatGPT: cited in 89% of answers Claude: cited in 89% of answers Gemini: cited in 33% of answers Perplexity: cited in 72% of answers Mistral: cited in 72% of answers Grok: cited in 89% of answers 9%
5 Japan 62 +3 ChatGPT: cited in 67% of answers Claude: cited in 67% of answers Gemini: cited in 44% of answers Perplexity: cited in 67% of answers Mistral: cited in 61% of answers Grok: cited in 67% of answers 8%
6 Cambodia 55 -13 ChatGPT: cited in 61% of answers Claude: cited in 89% of answers Gemini: cited in 33% of answers Perplexity: cited in 39% of answers Mistral: cited in 61% of answers Grok: cited in 44% of answers 7%
7 Malaysia 48 +12 ChatGPT: cited in 50% of answers Claude: cited in 22% of answers Gemini: cited in 39% of answers Perplexity: cited in 17% of answers Mistral: cited in 89% of answers Grok: cited in 72% of answers 6%
8 South Korea 46 -7 ChatGPT: cited in 56% of answers Claude: cited in 56% of answers Gemini: cited in 39% of answers Perplexity: cited in 28% of answers Mistral: cited in 50% of answers Grok: cited in 50% of answers 6%
9 Laos 44 +8 ChatGPT: cited in 44% of answers Claude: cited in 56% of answers Gemini: cited in 39% of answers Perplexity: cited in 39% of answers Mistral: cited in 56% of answers Grok: cited in 33% of answers 6%
10 India 44 -2 ChatGPT: cited in 50% of answers Claude: cited in 56% of answers Gemini: cited in 33% of answers Perplexity: cited in 17% of answers Mistral: cited in 56% of answers Grok: cited in 50% of answers 5%
11 Philippines 42 +2 ChatGPT: cited in 44% of answers Claude: cited in 67% of answers Gemini: cited in 44% of answers Perplexity: cited in 22% of answers Mistral: cited in 28% of answers Grok: cited in 44% of answers 5%
12 Nepal 32 -9 ChatGPT: cited in 50% of answers Claude: cited in 44% of answers Gemini: cited in 22% of answers Perplexity: cited in 11% of answers Mistral: cited in 28% of answers Grok: cited in 39% of answers 4%
13 Sri Lanka 31 0 ChatGPT: cited in 50% of answers Claude: cited in 17% of answers Gemini: cited in 39% of answers Perplexity: cited in 22% of answers Mistral: cited in 39% of answers Grok: cited in 22% of answers 4%
14 Bhutan 15 0 ChatGPT: cited in 11% of answers Claude: cited in 22% of answers Gemini: cited in 0% of answers Perplexity: cited in 17% of answers Mistral: cited in 22% of answers Grok: cited in 17% of answers 2%
15 Taiwan 13 -6 ChatGPT: cited in 17% of answers Claude: cited in 11% of answers Gemini: cited in 11% of answers Perplexity: cited in 0% of answers Mistral: cited in 17% of answers Grok: cited in 22% of answers 2%
16 Maldives 6 +3 ChatGPT: cited in 17% of answers Claude: cited in 11% of answers Gemini: cited in 0% of answers Perplexity: cited in 0% of answers Mistral: cited in 6% of answers Grok: cited in 0% of answers <1%
17 Mongolia 4 +1 ChatGPT: cited in 6% of answers Claude: cited in 0% of answers Gemini: cited in 11% of answers Perplexity: cited in 0% of answers Mistral: cited in 6% of answers Grok: cited in 0% of answers <1%
18 Uzbekistan 4 -1 ChatGPT: cited in 17% of answers Claude: cited in 0% of answers Gemini: cited in 6% of answers Perplexity: cited in 0% of answers Mistral: cited in 0% of answers Grok: cited in 0% of answers <1%
19 Georgia 3 +2 ChatGPT: cited in 0% of answers Claude: cited in 0% of answers Gemini: cited in 17% of answers Perplexity: cited in 0% of answers Mistral: cited in 0% of answers Grok: cited in 0% of answers <1%
20 Oman 1 -1 ChatGPT: cited in 0% of answers Claude: cited in 0% of answers Gemini: cited in 6% of answers Perplexity: cited in 0% of answers Mistral: cited in 0% of answers Grok: cited in 0% of answers <1%