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.

 

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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. 

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.

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, 20233 yr by SuperSilverHaze

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. 

Great maybe if you like bars and malls.  And safety?  As long as you don’t try crossing the street 

So 30th is "impressive"?

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

1. London, England
2. Paris, France
3. New York City, USA
4. Tokyo, Japan
5. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
6. Barcelona, Spain
7. Rome, Italy
8. Madrid, Spain
9. Singapore, Republic of Singapore
10. Amsterdam, Netherlands

Wonder how they managed to attain 30th place?

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.

 

 

17 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

So 30th is "impressive"?

Mediocrity is fine! They work towards it! 

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.

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, 20233 yr by thairookie

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.

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

1. London, England
2. Paris, France
3. New York City, USA
4. Tokyo, Japan
5. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
6. Barcelona, Spain
7. Rome, Italy
8. Madrid, Spain
9. Singapore, Republic of Singapore
10. 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!

This is hogwash. I believe that Resonance is one of those companies which finds good things to say about its clients. 

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

1. London, England
2. Paris, France
3. New York City, USA
4. Tokyo, Japan
5. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
6. Barcelona, Spain
7. Rome, Italy
8. Madrid, Spain
9. Singapore, Republic of Singapore
10. 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.

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.

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.

 

 

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. 

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?

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

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... 

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

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.... 

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... 

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? 

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.