Tioman Island Overview Trip ideas Experiences Places to visit Best time to visit Accommodation Back to all places How many desert islands do you know who’ve won an Oscar? Perhaps that’s stretching it a bit, but there’s a good reason Time Magazine named Tioman the most beautiful island in the world in 1970 – and it hasn’t lost any of its charm for us. Beach at Tioman Island Aerial view of Salang Bay, Tioman Island Connects with Malaysia Perhentian IslandsNot just a desert-island idyll (though they’re that too), their exceptionally calm, clear and shallow waters make the Perhentian Islands the ideal place to snorkel or dive amongst damselfish, neon-bright anemones and stingrays.