Nguyễn Hữu Hưng represented Vietnam at Mister Tourism World 2025 and competed against 24 other candidates at the Vinh Hy Bay in Ninh Thuận, Vietnam on February 18, 2025. He won the title.
Runner-up to Nguyen was Muhammad Asyraf Bin Mohd Dasli of Malaysia. The respective second, third, fourth and fifth runners-up were Jorge Luis Valenzuela Tejada of the Dominican Republic, Jose Angel Flores Querales of Venezuela, Jirayu Tucker of Thailand and Wu Cheng Li of Taiwan.
Mister Tourism World 2026 contestants
On February 12, 2026, Nguyen will crown his successor in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is the ninth edition of the international beauty pageant founded in Bali, Indonesia with company registration in United Kingdom.
There are 19 men competing for the Mister Tourism World 2026 crown. Here are the candidates:
- Alexandre Bartz (Brazil)
- William Armstrong (England)
- Abhinav Ballary Anil (India)
- Ari Safdani (Indonesia)
- George William David (Italy)
- Daiya Harun (Japan)
- Ek Chanthavong (Laos)
- Mustaffa Munawwar bin Mustaffa Maarof (Malaysia)
- Ernesto Robles Jr. (Mexico)
- Ye Htut (Myanmar)
- Agustin Alberto Franco Melgarejo (Paraguay)
- Granville Michael Louie Madayag Raymundo (Philippines)
- Carlos Yamil Gonzalez Sostre (Puerto Rico)
- Jeremiah Jones (Sierra Leone)
- Dumitru Alex Vaduva (Spain)
- Hewafonsekage Sudesh Dihan Sonseka (Sri Lanka)
- Phacharaphon Suksamran (Thailand)
- Alijah Antony James Johnson (United States)
- Marcos Brandon Salazar Palacios (Venezuela)
Luke Ishikawa Plowden
The Mister Tourism World 2026 coronation ceremony will be hosted by Luke Ishikawa Plowden, an actor and a model based in Thailand. He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States to an American father and a Japanese mother.
In 2017, Plowden graduated from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., USA and moved to Thailand to pursue a career in modeling. He was signed with GMMTV from 2019 to 2025 and he starred in the 2022 television series “My Dear Donovan” opposite Tipnaree Weerawatnodom.
Plowden is 6′1⁄2” tall. He turned 30 on September 13, 2025.

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