As the most favorable dream destination among travelers worldwide, which that it is not too much claim for Bangkok. And below are the evidence showing how famous Bangkok among the world.
- Bangkok ranked the world’s most considerable number of tourists, with more than 21.48 million.
- In 2019, Master Card published the survey about dining and shopping experience (GDCI: Indulgence) illustrated in the spending lifestyle of tourists globally. It showed that Bangkok is the 3rd rank of the metropolitan for dining and the 6th rank in shopping.
- In 2018, Bangkok voted as “the Best tourist city in the Asia Pacific,” and it has been 3 years continuously by Destin Asian’s readers. It accepted in its vibrant mixture of historical and contemporary attractions, as well as food and nightlife.
- In 2018, Bangkok awarded “the Best city – International Category” by Travel Leisure India’s Best Awards
- In 2016, Travel + Leisure magazine announced the Grand Palace in Bangkok is the top 50 sightseeing with the highest number of visitors in the world, won Eifel Tower in France, the Great Pyramid in Egypt, and Colosseum in Italy. The visitors at the Grand Palace are about 8 million visitors per annum.
- In 2016, Bangkok voted as “the Best Dream Destination in Asia,” surveyed by SmartTravel Asia.com.
- In 2015, 3 significant attractions in Bangkok voted as top 10 attractions in Asia by the popular travel website TripAdvisor, namely the Grand Palace, Wat Pho, and Wat Arun. and
- In 2014, Bangkok proclaimed “the Foodiest City on Earth” and two restaurants accepted with its signature dish, which are “Pad Thai Thipsamai” and “Polo Fried Chicken” under the award titled the “Tastiest Fast Feasts” organized by website Chowzter in the UK.
Those, as mentioned earlier, would be enough to prove how wonderful Bangkok as the premier dream destination among the tourists internationally. Notwithstanding, the things made this capital of Thailand is the real extraordinary tourist spot are;
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Charming and exquisite culture and art
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All you need for traveling
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Fruitful foodie
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Full-scale transportation facility
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The broad selection of accommodation
Charming and exquisite culture and art
Literally, Bangkok offers numerous awe-inspiring architectures for tourists to witness and appreciate their beauty. Temples, old buildings, or museums. And the must-visit, absolutely, Wat Phra Kaew or better known to the world “the Temple of the Emerald Buddha,” the Grand Palace, Wat Pho, and Wat Arun, which are all signatures of the city of the angel. That is to say, without checking-in these places, you have not been to Bangkok!
All you need for traveling
Rich in tourism resources, it’s more than you can imagine for the attractions in Bangkok, especially lifestyle and shopping. Bangkok loaded with various styles of shopping from the street markets to the world-class shopping malls that you can shop until you drop. Predominantly, Jatuchak Market that many foreign tourists put into the bucking list. This weekend’s market offers everything from A to Z and cheap!
Fruitful foodie
Whenever and wherever in Bangkok, you can find the thing to fill your tummy, various from street food through fine dining places – Thai, Chinese, Korea, Japanese, Western, or fusion cuisine. Above all, the distinctive taste of Thai food that is second to none and lures many travelers, partially the gastronome to try and once is not enough. Of course, the remarkable menus that only mention would arouse your taste bud, including Tom Yum Gung, Pad Thai, Green Curry, and more. Specifically, the Yaowarat District or also called “the China Town,” is so-called the capital of delicious food in Bangkok.
Full-scale transportation facility
Traveling by boat or inland transport by taxi, bus, van, or Tuk Tuk. Or even more, facilitated by the BTS sky train and MRT subway that connecting all areas within the capital.
The broad selection of accommodation
Bangkok provides the full array of accommodation for the tourists that each is different tastes and requirements. Whether hostel, guesthouse, budget hotel to luxury hotel, plus many are in the prime area of Bangkok and accessible by public transport. Or luxury ones nearby Chao Phraya River are the perfect idea to celebrate your holidays to the most favorable corner of Bangkok, especially exotic and heart-taking scene of the sunrise and sunset with the Chao Phraya River and beautiful temples as the background.
Ideally, touring Bangkok would be perfect for 2-3 days trip, allowing you even closer to explore the capital of Thailand. Perhaps, it would not be enough to visit here for once.