Passenger sat, transported to distant region (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
far east
'distant region' is the definition.
(most easterly region of Asia)
'passenger sat transported' is the wordplay.
'passenger' becomes 'fare' (fare is a kind of passenger).
'transported' is an anagram indicator.
'sat' anagrammed gives 'ast'.
'fare'+'ast'='FAR EAST'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for far east that I've seen before include "The Orient" , "China, Korea, Japan, etc" , "China, Japan and other remote Asian countries" , "Region containing Japan" , "remotest Siberia, perhaps" .)