Les blanches exotiques

Using the word "exotic" in reference to a place can be equally othering and offensive because of the way it generalises. Prince william and Kate middleton recently visited singapore and most english articles written about the visit chose to describe singapore as "exotic". Singapore is basically a run of the mill first world city. There are lots of highrise buildings. Plants are generally confined to roadsides and parks. those articles consider singapore "exotic" simply because it's asian