Popular Post webfact Posted February 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2023 National — Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok has been honored as the 30th best city in the world out of 100 countries and the 2nd best city in ASEAN, Resonance Consultancy, a leading global advisor in destination development, says. The metropolis’s impressive placing was reported on February 26th by the Thai government spokesman, Mr. Anucha Burapachaisri. He disclosed that Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha is very pleased to learn that Bangkok has been recognized as the 30th best city globally and the 2nd best city in ASEAN by Resonance Consultancy. Resonance Consultancy is a leading global advisor in destination development, branding, and marketing. The company is known for its annual reports on city rankings, which evaluate the world’s most desirable places to visit, live, work, and invest in based on various factors such as attractions, infrastructure, culture, and environment. According to Mr. Anucha, Bangkok ranks 30th on the “100 Best Cities in the World 2023” report from Resonance Consultancy, which evaluates six categories including: Place: This category considers factors such as the local climate, safety, tourist attractions, and livability. Product: In this category, factors such as airport connectivity, museums, university rankings, and event venues are evaluated. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/02/26/bฺangkok-ranks-30th-best-city-globally-and-2nd-best-in-asean-says-famous-tourism-consulting-company/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2023-02-27 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. The most versatile and flexible rental investment and holiday home solution in Thailand - click for more information. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted February 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2023 I tend to agree. Other than the horrific air quality issue, that the so called leaders utterly refuse to address. Bangkok is a great city. It has alot going for it. Though I live elsewhere in Thailand, I sure love visiting. 4 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Srikcir Posted February 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2023 Feb, 2, 2023 Bangkok ranked third in the world (AQI 198) for poor air quality behind Pakistan and India. So pick your ranking parameters carefully. 5 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperSilverHaze Posted February 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) Entire city needs a coat of paint. Really looking shabby. Needs parks and through rebuild of foot paths, roads, sewers. Traffic laws and regulations Senior card BTS for farang. Museum lol. No hab Parks and green spaces no hab Take the masks off you ignorant people. 30 doesn't seem so good. Edited February 26, 2023 by SuperSilverHaze 1 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 1 hour ago, spidermike007 said: I tend to agree. Other than the horrific air quality issue, that the so called leaders utterly refuse to address. Bangkok is a great city. It has alot going for it. Though I live elsewhere in Thailand, I sure love visiting. Yo Mike, Its a fun place that's for sure. So much to see, do, and explore. I/we enjoy our trips north for visits too. I imagine in my childlike creative mind quiet clean electric and natural gas busses, small tram systems spiderwebbed in the outer areas before the urban sprawl consumes too much space so the future will need less cars as the city expands. More peddle powered taxi's (rickshaws), reopening of khlongs and great khlong cleaning systems, more trees. building those amazing green walled building. all over the place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post swm59nj Posted February 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2023 Great maybe if you like bars and malls. And safety? As long as you don’t try crossing the street 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mfd101 Posted February 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2023 So 30th is "impressive"? 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey611 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Here are the Top 10. Based on each city's performance in the 24 factors analyzed, these are the World's Best Cities for 2023: Honorary World's Best City: Kyiv, Ukraine London, England Paris, France New York City, USA Tokyo, Japan Dubai, United Arab Emirates Barcelona, Spain Rome, Italy Madrid, Spain Singapore, Republic of Singapore Amsterdam, Netherlands Wonder how they managed to attain 30th place? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chricha Posted February 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2023 These "world best city" rankings are mostly driven by who paid for the advertising. Search for best city to live in and you will get so many contradictions the rankings are almost meaningless. As an Aussie, l know we have some of the best cities and benign climate. I have visited Canada many times and I know they have a wonderful range of very liveable cities if you can tolerate the cold winters and love skiing! Europe has great cities but very crowded and unaffordable - not to mention the war on the doorstep! But cities in Thailand (like most of SE Asia) are blighted by the overcrowding and traffic and air pollution which according to a recent Australian study kills more than the road toll in Australia. I would not live in Bangkok due to the above and only visit on arrival or departure. But many rural parts such as Khao Kho and Raeyong - Pattaya is for desperadoes - are still relatively unspoilt and underpopulated. Phuket and the islands are lovely but increasingly unaffordable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2baht Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 17 minutes ago, mfd101 said: So 30th is "impressive"? Mediocrity is fine! They work towards it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IamNoone88 Posted February 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2023 London was ranked 1st. A city that has a horrendous crime rate where even the police advertise on billboards not to wear valuables in public. The tube is filthy and service standards across the board are generally very poor. Restaurants and cafes are crowded and expensive - as is public transport. Public toilets are few and far between. Try and enter a historic site and be prepared to pay through the nose for the privilege. While Bangkok has it's own issues, none of them are above and in my opinion is a much better city. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairookie Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) Bangkok is ranked 74th in the world; Singapore 8th. 2nd in ASEAN you are comparing yourselves with the likes of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. 2nd in SEA Games is different from 2nd in Olympics. Edited February 27, 2023 by thairookie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggo Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Never heard of them But what about the unfavourable air quality, traffic congestion and the demolition of many a landmark, place of historic interest too construct ugly shopping malls and condos. Yet there are other interests that I like when visiting BKK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Clarkey611 said: Here are the Top 10. Based on each city's performance in the 24 factors analyzed, these are the World's Best Cities for 2023: Honorary World's Best City: Kyiv, Ukraine London, England Paris, France New York City, USA Tokyo, Japan Dubai, United Arab Emirates Barcelona, Spain Rome, Italy Madrid, Spain Singapore, Republic of Singapore Amsterdam, Netherlands Wonder how they managed to attain 30th place? Just back from a week in Dubai. What a horrible, congested, expensive concrete place. Never again even if it was no 30! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldestswinger Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 This is hogwash. I believe that Resonance is one of those companies which finds good things to say about its clients. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazes Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 7 hours ago, Clarkey611 said: Here are the Top 10. Based on each city's performance in the 24 factors analyzed, these are the World's Best Cities for 2023: Honorary World's Best City: Kyiv, Ukraine London, England Paris, France New York City, USA Tokyo, Japan Dubai, United Arab Emirates Barcelona, Spain Rome, Italy Madrid, Spain Singapore, Republic of Singapore Amsterdam, Netherlands Wonder how they managed to attain 30th place? This is of course all hogwash. London's only claim to fame is the fact that Arsenal F.C. resides there (for the time being). Paris's only claim is to excellent wine at (relatively) cheap prices. New York's only claim is that one can be granted bail seconds after one has committed a crime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi49jr Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 18 hours ago, spidermike007 said: I tend to agree. Other than the horrific air quality issue, that the so called leaders utterly refuse to address. Bangkok is a great city. It has alot going for it. Though I live elsewhere in Thailand, I sure love visiting. Bangkok is indeed a great city, but they must have forgotten to factor in the abysmal air quality most of the year, otherwise it could never have landed in 30th place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nglodnig Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Every time I visit Thailand (for the last thirty or forty years or more) I spend an hour or two at Bangkok Airport waiting for my onward flight. Occasionally (once or twice a decade) I overnight there. Dirty, smelly, over-crowded, crime-ridden and the traffic is atrocious - unbelievable, at any time day or night. Yeah right, it's the thirtieth best city in the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveE13 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 On 2/27/2023 at 3:02 AM, IamNoone88 said: London was ranked 1st. A city that has a horrendous crime rate where even the police advertise on billboards not to wear valuables in public. The tube is filthy and service standards across the board are generally very poor. Restaurants and cafes are crowded and expensive - as is public transport. Public toilets are few and far between. Try and enter a historic site and be prepared to pay through the nose for the privilege. While Bangkok has it's own issues, none of them are above and in my opinion is a much better city. Plus the brand spanking new Elizabeth line is shut for 5 weekends for bloody engineering works. I agree about the tube. Some lines are ok like the circle line. It has newer trains but the other lines are a disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Lee Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 On 2/27/2023 at 5:52 AM, Srikcir said: Feb, 2, 2023 Bangkok ranked third in the world (AQI 198) for poor air quality behind Pakistan and India. So pick your ranking parameters carefully. How can On 2/27/2023 at 5:52 AM, Srikcir said: Feb, 2, 2023 Bangkok ranked third in the world (AQI 198) for poor air quality behind Pakistan and India. So pick your ranking parameters carefully. How can a city be compared to two large countries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shocked farang Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 On 2/27/2023 at 6:03 AM, SuperSilverHaze said: Entire city needs a coat of paint. Really looking shabby. Needs parks and through rebuild of foot paths, roads, sewers. Traffic laws and regulations Senior card BTS for farang. Museum lol. No hab Parks and green spaces no hab Take the masks off you ignorant people. 30 doesn't seem so good. This no hab sounds funny but it's the spirit, the kindness of Thais who try to be nice to foreign people despite the little fluency they have in English. Yesterday I was in the BTS and a Thai girl bumped into me, she said "solly, solly, Sir", I said with a smile, no problem, Mai pen rai, she was so pleased that falang can speak a little, nit nói, Thai! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shocked farang Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 5:41 AM, nglodnig said: Every time I visit Thailand (for the last thirty or forty years or more) I spend an hour or two at Bangkok Airport waiting for my onward flight. Occasionally (once or twice a decade) I overnight there. Dirty, smelly, over-crowded, crime-ridden and the traffic is atrocious - unbelievable, at any time day or night. Yeah right, it's the thirtieth best city in the world. You have a problem Sir, if you cannot see the positive in Bangkok, you shouldn't keep on going back there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaStrong Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I evaluate 10,000 things, with only ONE being important: women!!!! everything else, who cares!!!! This is not my problem!!!! lol Show me the women and you will go Number 1 on my list!!! I've been in Thailand for 32 years and haven't seen one temple!!!!! Too focused on the women!!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 It's all about how great we are and how we can expect hordes of various tourists in the news these days! Bangkok is a scruffy, hot, traffic jammed sweltering, polluted, over-crowded city like most of the capitals in the region.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shocked farang Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 2 hours ago, jacko45k said: It's all about how great we are and how we can expect hordes of various tourists in the news these days! Bangkok is a scruffy, hot, traffic jammed sweltering, polluted, over-crowded city like most of the capitals in the region.... But at the same time, some neighborhoods really have a feel of a small town... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shocked farang Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 5:41 AM, nglodnig said: Every time I visit Thailand (for the last thirty or forty years or more) I spend an hour or two at Bangkok Airport waiting for my onward flight. Occasionally (once or twice a decade) I overnight there. Dirty, smelly, over-crowded, crime-ridden and the traffic is atrocious - unbelievable, at any time day or night. Yeah right, it's the thirtieth best city in the world. Overnite at the airport? Do you mean in one of those capsules in the basement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nglodnig Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 22 hours ago, Shocked farang said: You have a problem Sir, if you cannot see the positive in Bangkok, you shouldn't keep on going back there... I don't have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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