In Chinese astrology, the Pig is associated with generosity, good fortune, and a genuine love of comfort, traits that pair naturally with travel built around food, culture, and a bit of luxury. Four cities in particular are considered favourable destinations for Pig-sign travellers: Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Guangzhou, and Perth.

Book flights into Bangkok to begin, as the first stop on this list.

Bangkok's street food scene alone justifies a spot on this list, with everything from riverside night markets to Michelin-recognised noodle stalls packed into a single sprawling city. The Grand Palace and Wat Arun cover the temple-hopping side of a visit, while Chatuchak Weekend Market handles shopping on a scale few cities can match. A Chao Phraya river cruise at sunset adds a genuinely different vantage point on a city usually experienced from street level.

Sukhumvit and Pratunam both put you within easy reach of BTS Skytrain stations, useful given how much of Bangkok's best food and shopping sits scattered across the city rather than clustered in one district.

Formerly Saigon, this city runs on scooter traffic and street-side coffee culture in roughly equal measure, with the War Remnants Museum and Reunification Palace offering a direct look at 20th-century Vietnamese history. Ben Thanh Market covers souvenirs and street food under one roof, while the Cu Chi Tunnels, a half-day trip outside the city, give a physical sense of the Vietnam War's underground infrastructure. Rooftop bars across District 1 add an easy evening option once the day's heat breaks.

Guangzhou's Cantonese food culture runs deeper than almost anywhere else in China, with dim sum here considered by many food travellers to be the genuine article rather than an export version found elsewhere. Canton Tower offers a 488-metre observation deck over the Pearl River, and Shamian Island's colonial-era architecture gives a quieter, tree-lined contrast to the rest of the city's density. Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, an intricately carved 19th-century academy building, rounds out a day focused on the city's Qing-era history.

A hotel in Bangkok's Sukhumvit or Pratunam district works well as a base if starting your Pig-zodiac trip there before continuing on to the other three cities.

Perth trades the density of the other three cities for open space, with Kings Park's 400 hectares of bushland sitting a short walk from the CBD and Cottesloe Beach delivering some of the calmest, most swimmable water on Australia's west coast. Rottnest Island, a short ferry ride offshore, adds quokka sightings and cycling trails to a day trip that feels genuinely removed from city life. Fremantle's markets and harbourfront round out a slower-paced counterpoint to Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Guangzhou's busier streets.

Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City sit close enough together, roughly a two-hour flight apart, that combining them into a single Southeast Asia leg makes more sense than treating all four cities as one continuous route.

Guangzhou connects well as an extension from either Bangkok or Hong Kong, useful for travellers who want a mainland China stop without committing to a longer standalone China itinerary.

Perth's distance from the other three cities makes it a natural standalone trip rather than a stop bolted onto a Southeast Asia itinerary, best planned as its own dedicated visit.

Given the Pig's traditional association with generosity and comfort, a trip built around any of these four cities rewards travellers who lean into that theme rather than rushing through a checklist. Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City both offer street food scenes deep enough to structure an entire day around eating alone. Guangzhou's dim sum culture and Perth's relaxed beachfront dining both extend that same comfort-first approach in very different directions.

Building in unstructured time, a long lunch, a slow walk through a market, a nap during the hottest part of the day, suits this style of trip better than a packed sightseeing schedule.

Bangkok anchors the food and temple side of a Pig-zodiac itinerary, while Ho Chi Minh City adds a grittier, history-focused counterpoint just a short flight away. Guangzhou brings genuine Cantonese culinary depth that's hard to replicate outside southern China, and Perth closes the loop with open space and a noticeably slower pace than the other three cities combined. Together, the four cover a spread wide enough that no two travellers would build quite the same itinerary from them.

A river cruise or a city food tour, both bookable through Traveloka's activities listings, make an easy first booking for whichever of these four cities starts your trip.

A car rental suits Perth's spread-out layout far better than Bangkok or Ho Chi Minh City's dense, traffic-heavy streets, where the Skytrain or a scooter taxi tends to work faster. An airport transfer handles the arrival leg smoothly in any of the four, particularly useful after a long-haul flight into Perth specifically.

Four cities across three countries means a lot of separate bookings unless they're all in one place. A Bangkok street food tour and a Guangzhou dim sum crawl sit side by side for comparison on the Traveloka app, rather than five separate browser searches, alongside hotels, activities, car rental, eSIM, and travel insurance for the whole trip. As Southeast Asia's leading travel platform, trusted by over 100 million users, it's built to handle a route this spread out. Have a look at current promotions before booking, then install the app and start with whichever city comes first on your route.