Bali tops holiday destination list

JAKARTA: Indonesia's resort island of Bali has been chosen as the most favorite holiday destination in Asia for four consecutive years, a survey by international magazine TIME has disclosed.

The 2004 TIME Readers' Travel Choice, which drew almost 2,500 responses from its readers in Asia, also named Singapore as the most favorite business city, Singapore Airlines as the most favorite airline, and Changi as the most favorite airport in the region.

TIME Asia associate publisher Ivy Choi said the results highlighted the appreciation toward Asia's brands in the travel sector.

Also in the list were Shangri-La hotels as the preferred hotel chain and Visa as the preferred credit card. --JP