Asia's best airport: toilets or swimming pools?

The Skytrax survey asked 10 million people their opinions and came up with Singapore. We asked 200-plus and came up with Hong Kong. Take your pick.
Singapore's Changi airport
Singapore's Changi airport

In our web poll last week, we asked readers to tell us what they thought of Lonely Planet’s list of the best airports in the world, which put the top three right here in Asia. The list, which is actually based on the Skytrax world airport awards, this year ranks Singapore Changi first, Hong Kong second and Seoul Incheon third.

Asian travellers are spoiled, it seems. When not enjoying the use of the world’s best three airports, they have to slum it in places such as Kuala Lumpur, which is merely fifth-best Beijing, a lowly eighth-best in the world and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, which barely makes it onto our radar down at 10th.

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