Banana Pancake Trail

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"Banana Pancake Trail" or "Banana Pancake Circuit"^[1] is the name given to growing routes around Southeast Asia, and to some extent South Asia, travelled by backpackers and other tourists. The trail has no clear geographical definition, but is used as a metaphor for places that are popular among Western tourists.

The Banana Pancake Trail is sometimes associated with backpackers who use Lonely Planet travel guides.^[2][3] Banana Pancake trails materialise when an influx of Western backpackers to an area leads to a rise in the number of restaurants serving comfort food adapted to Western desires.^[4]

The Banana Pancake Trail is one of the most popular backpacking routes across the world,^[5] served by Asia's many hostels.^[6]

There is no firm geographical definition of the Banana Pancake Trail, as it is a metaphor to describe the ever-developing travellers' trails in South Asia and Southeast Asia, rather than an actual route or road (much like the Silk Road is not a single road).^[7]

• Banana Pancake Trail travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Rea, Denis (2006). "The Banana Pancake Trail". Live at the Forbidden City: Musical Encounters in China and Taiwan. iUniverse. pp. 48–59. ISBN 9780595390489.
• Chennai Tax Office and the Trail of the Banana Pancake by Colin Todhunter