TIME magazine names Phuket and Isan among World’s Greatest Places
TIME, America’s iconic global newsmagazine, has named Phuket province and Isan region to its list of the World’s Greatest Places 2023, with relatively untraveled Isan celebrated for its rich culture, cuisine, temples, festivals and musical traditions.
“Those who venture to this off-the-beaten-path region of Thailand teeming with rice fields are rewarded with national parks and historic sites, and now: Michelin-recommended restaurants,” TIME wrote about Isan, which is the local name for the northeastern part of the Kingdom.
Encompassing more than a dozen provinces, Isan borders neighboring Lao PDR and Cambodia, and…
