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I am a travel writer, guidebook author and editor specialising in deep-dive cultural reporting, modern travel habits and regional expertise across East Asia and Latin America.
I have written chapters for over 50 Lonely Planet travel guidebooks since 2012 (listed below), plus dozens of feature stories on lonelyplanet.com (under each country below) and BBC Travel.
Featured in: LONELY PLANET • BBC TRAVEL • DK • ROUGH GUIDES • QANTAS • JETSTAR
Guidebooks
Guidebooks
Japan
Japan
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Japan (2026, 2024, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2015 • Best of Japan (2019, 2017) • Experience Japan (2026 upcoming) • Tokyo (2024)
lonelyplanet.com Japan features
lonelyplanet.com Japan features
Everything you need to know about visiting an onsen in Japan • Top 8 day trips from Kyoto for history, culture and nature lovers • Top things to do in Nara • How to spend three perfect days in Kōbe, Japan • Exploring the highlights of Japan’s San-yō region by train • Japanese bath etiquette: how to visit a sento
Korea
Korea
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Korea (2026, 2021, 2019, 2016) • Seoul (2021, 2019) • Pocket Seoul (2019)
Mexico
Mexico
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Mexico (2025, 2021, 2018, 2016, 2014) • Pocket Mexico City (2025, 2020) • Experience Mexico (2025) • Best of Mexico (2023)
lonelyplanet.com Mexico features
lonelyplanet.com Mexico features
The best things to do in Mexico: 19 unmissable experiences •Mexico's handicrafts - what to buy and where • ¡Salud Mexico! The story of tequila, mezcal and pulque • The 10 tastiest insects and bugs in Mexico • Hot and spicy in Mexico: the chili experience • Weird and wonderful hotels in Mexico • Destination Drinks #36: Margarita • Destination Drinks #41: Michelada • Where to find cenotes - Mexico's amazing natural swimming holes
lonelyplanet.com China features
lonelyplanet.com China features
Essential regional cuisine of China • What to eat in Beijing
Peru
Peru
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Peru (2021, 2019, 2016, 2013) • Best of Peru (2019, 2016) • South America (2022, 2019) • Best of South America (2019) • South America on a Shoestring (2016)
Rough Guides guidebooks
Rough Guides guidebooks
Peru (2015), South America on a Budget (2015)
Vietnam
Vietnam
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Vietnam (2018) • Best of Vietnam (2018) • Discover Vietnam (2018) • Southeast Asia on a Shoestring (2018) • Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Thailand (2017) • Best of Vietnam (2017)
Canada
Canada
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Canada (2022, 2020, 2017) • Best of Canada (2020, 2017) • Montréal & Québec City (2022, 2020) • Pocket Montréal & Québec City (2024, 2022, 2020)
Australia
Australia
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Lonely Planet guidebooks
Experience Australia (2024) • Experience East Coast Australia (2022)
Rough Guides guidebooks
Rough Guides guidebooks
Australia (2016)
lonelyplanet.com Australia features
lonelyplanet.com Australia features
Australia's 7 best nudist beaches • Sun, snacks and shopping: explore Sydney's outdoor markets • Drinks with a view in Sydney • Making the most of your Australian Working Holiday Visa • Feast your way around Sydney's global cuisines
Thailand
Thailand
Rough Guides guidebooks
Rough Guides guidebooks
Thailand (2016), Thailand's Beaches and Islands (2015)
Coffee Table Books
Coffee Table Books
Lonely Planet
illustrated books
Lonely Planet
illustrated books
Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2026 (Mexico City), Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2022 (Gyeongju, S Korea), Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2017 (Peru) • Armchair Explorer: Discover Music, Film & Books from 120 Amazing Countries • Lonely Planet's Trip Builder • Global Coffee Tour • World's Best Brunches • World's Best Spicy Food • World's Best Bowl Food • World's Best Superfoods • Calm • Culture Trails • Secret Marvels of the World • Amazing Boat Journeys • The Cities Book 2 • 1000 Ultimate Adventures • Cooks, Clowns and Cowboys • The Best Things in Life are Free
DK & other illustrated books
DK & other illustrated books
DK Migrations: A History of Where We All Come From (2022) • DK Great Cities: The Stories Behind the World's Most Fascinating Places (2021)
Day of the Dead (BES; 2017) All background text • le Cool Changed My Life: A Weird and Wonderful Guide to Barcelona (2006)
Feature stories
Feature stories
lonelyplanet.com
lonelyplanet.com
How to go off the grid when you travel • Need for speed: where to find the world's best wi-fi.
More feature stories under each country above.
Japan features, Korea features, Mexico features.
Jetstar.com
Jetstar.com
Japan and South Korea destination content.
About Phillip Tang
Phillip Tang is a travel writer for Lonely Planet travel guidebooks and digital, specializing in travel in Mexico, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, China, Peru, Canada and other parts of Asia and Latin America.Travel writing by Phillip Tang has appeared in Lonely Planet, BBC Travel, DK, Rough Guides, Jetstar, Qantas and more.Phillip Tang has been a contributing author to over 60 travel guidebooks since 2012, and a travel editor and writer since 2006.hellophilliptang.com is Phillip Tang's portfolio of travel-writing work with Lonely Planet and other publications.About Phillip Tang
Phillip Tang writes about travel for Lonely Planet Mexico, China, Japan, Peru, Canada, Vietnam, Korea and Australia. Lonely Planet Mexico City Taxco Teotihuacan Tula Tepoztlan Malinalco Cuernavaca Oaxaca pyramids cenotes travel safe chillies tacos restaurants food eating street food CDMX Mexico Phillip Tang speaks Spanish Español Phillip Tang escritor de viajes. Lonely Planet Hiroshima Naoshima Okayama Tokyo Kobe bullet train shinkansen food eating restaurants Japan. Lonely Planet Gyeongju Seoul South Korea. Lonely Planet Hanoi Saigon Hoian HCMC Mekong Phu Quoc Vietnam. Lonely Planet Toronto Montreal Canada. Lonely Planet Lima Miraflores Arequipa Puno Lake Titicaca Uros Islands Islas Peru. Lonely Planet Xi'an Guangzhou Guangdong Hangzhou Fujian Shenzhen China. Phillip Tang 孤独星球旅行作家中国 Phillip Tang gūdú xīngqiú lǚxíng zuòjiā zhōngguó. Lonely Planet Sydney Melbourne Australia. QANTAS Red Tail Sale, Jetstar Japan, Korea, Phillip Tang travel writing portfolio. Phil Tang. Philip Tang. Felipe Tang. Phillip Tan. Filip Tang. Rough Guides. LonelyPlanet Hi Phillip Hello Phillip Tang Instagram @mrtangtangtang, Phillip Tang Twitter @philliptang, (Formerly philliptang.co.uk). https://www.lonelyplanet.com/authors/phillip-tangDK Great Cities DK Migrations DK Phillip Tang hiphillip.com heyphillip.com hellophillip.com LP philliptang.com philiptang.com Lonely Planet experiences © Phillip Tang 2022
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