webfact Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Special Report: Bangkok receives World's Best City Award 2012 BANGKOK: -- Bangkok has for the third time in as many years been named the World’s Best City 2012 by the globally renowned travel magazine Travel & Leisure. Based on the Travel & Leisure’s annual survey conducted on its readers’ opinions regarding the best travel destinations in the world, Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra announced that the the Thai capital of Bangkok was ranked first on the list and was granted the World’s Best Award 2012. This is the third year in a row that Bangkok has received the prestigious award. Travel & Leisure is one of the most famous travel magazines in the US, boasting at least 30,000 readerships from around the world. Factors taken into account by respondents in the survey included location, scenery, art and culture, food, shopping, hospitality and cost-worthiness. The Governor traveled to New York to receive the award on behalf of Bangkok on July 19th. According to him, the award is the pride of Bangkokians. He added that, besides beautiful scenery, the capital has its unique features such as lifestyle, culture, tradition and various choices of food. MR Sukhumbhand further elaborated that the award shows that Thais have been good hosts for foreigners, adding that Thai hospitality, honesty, and friendly gestures with the tourists also help claim the award for the third consecutive year. He asked all Thais to help preserve the city as a lively place and extend a warm welcome to tourists so that Bangkok will continue to receive the World’s Best City award for years to come. For other awards, New York City holds on to its title for the 12th year in a row as the Best City in the U.S. and Canada, and ranks No. 7 among top cities overall. Boracay in the Philippines is voted World’s Best Island. Singapore Airlines is the World’s best international airlines. -- NNT 2012-07-25 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardandtubs Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Beautiful scenery and honesty with tourists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post laurentbkk Posted July 25, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2012 hard to believe ..... lousy pavements to walk , very poor lighting in streets on main road such as sukhumvit or silom you need to slalom between pedestrians and street food seller or souvenir stall etc .... Not to mention the heavy traffic , the over crowed BTS ..... Could be interesting to know how they judge a city , under which criteria. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 If they had been here during the floods last year, or the burning down malls. I wonder if they would be giving this false accolade! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warfie Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 HUH!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShockMaster Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Comedy gold. I'm sure the exact same award was issued roughly the same time last year. It even looks like they've just copied and pasted some of the original text from last years article. I could get an Oscar award made for me if I thought people would believe it. Hell, I might even go and buy a Grammy. Well done Bangkok. You've somehow managed to do it again. I love this city. Edited July 25, 2012 by CalzoHoudini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 If they had been here during the floods last year, or the burning down malls. I wonder if they would be giving this false accolade! Remember that BKK has been given this award for the pat three years running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 hard to believe ..... lousy pavements to walk , very poor lighting in streets on main road such as sukhumvit or silom you need to slalom between pedestrians and street food seller or souvenir stall etc .... Not to mention the heavy traffic , the over crowed BTS ..... Could be interesting to know how they judge a city , under which criteria. BKK is a very large city and Sukhumvit tourist area is a very small part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dararasmi Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I can dig it. Bangkok's a sh*t-hole, but I love it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowbo Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 mai-khee??? ... I wonder who comes up with this stuff... I'd choose CNX over BKK anyday of the week, and twice on Sunday's... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post drdoom6996 Posted July 25, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2012 I will not believe anything I read from Travel and Leisures magazine again. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mur Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 And Invercargill came 2nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bat69 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 30,000 readership around the world! That is not even a drop in the ocean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LotusBoy Posted July 25, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2012 What a load of rubbish!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Is it really prestigious? From a magazine boasting...30.000 readers in the world (it seems preposterous but I am not an English speaker so don't know this magazine no irony) or is the figure wrong? 300.000/3.000.000 readers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumblecat Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) I can see why it'd get the world- it's an amazingly diverse city. Beautiful parks. Great transport system. For what it's worth, Bangkok only just shaded the victory... the top 10 was 1. Bangkok 2. Florence 3. Istanbul 4. Cape Town 5. Sydney 6. Rome 7. New York 8. Hong Kong 9. Kyoto 10. Paris Edited July 25, 2012 by Rumblecat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maseratimartin Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Unbelieveable....this game with all these fake awards... Living now for some years in ASIA it is amazing to see for what people get awards. And behind all these awards is a world of crap, corruption and more bullshit.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DP25 Posted July 25, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Love when this survey comes out every year. Always seems to absolutely infuriate some that so many people actually enjoy this city. It is easily one of my favorite city in the world so I don't disagree although plenty of others I love as well. Most people from home who've come love it too. And the article got it wrong, Travel + Leisure doesn't have just 30,000 readers, according to their website they have 1.5 million readers http://www.tlmediakit.com/tlfamily_readerprofile.html Edited July 25, 2012 by DP25 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk0233 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 TAT must advertize heavily in Travel and Leisure magazine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachiebkk Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Just checked my calendar and it certainly isn't April Fools Day is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 one can wonder how much TAT had to invest to buy this first place again, 30 million dollars perhaps ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachiebkk Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Well with this being the Miracle Year of Amazing Thailand with great shopping malls (only selling great local designs not knock offs), lets chock this one up to a divine miracle, who can we canonise for such a feat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cardiff1963 Posted July 25, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2012 Well done BKK, love the place to all the whingers try outside nana and cowboy. or f*** off home and whinge in your own country, maybe you can moan about immigrants trying to change your counyry. wrt to corruption - the west is no benchmark 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TackyToo Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 hard to believe ..... lousy pavements to walk , very poor lighting in streets on main road such as sukhumvit or silom you need to slalom between pedestrians and street food seller or souvenir stall etc .... Not to mention the heavy traffic , the over crowed BTS ..... Could be interesting to know how they judge a city , under which criteria. Well, if you've never been somewhere else even Quetta seems a nice place to be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w11guy Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Could be interesting to know how they judge a city , under which criteria. Factors taken into account by respondents in the survey included location, scenery, art and culture, food, shopping, hospitality and cost-worthiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post w11guy Posted July 25, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Love when this survey comes out every year. Always seems to absolutely infuriate some that so many people actually enjoy this city. It is easily one of my favorite city in the world so I don't disagree although plenty of others I love as well. Most people from home who've come love it too. And the article got it wrong, Travel + Leisure doesn't have just 30,000 readers, according to their website they have 1.5 million readers http://www.tlmediaki...derprofile.html What people here have missed is that the readers of this magazine voted for Bangkok. It wasn't a poll of jaded expats. That would give an entirely different result. But why are people so upset because others hold a different point of view. Different people like different things. Whenever my friends come to Bangkok they absolutely love it. Remember that they are visiting as tourists and this isn't an expat survey of the best place to retire. But the problem with many on here is that they hate Thailand but still stay. I can't fathom why so many stay when they don't like it here. Edited July 25, 2012 by w11guy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackers Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I can see why it'd get the world- it's an amazingly diverse city. Beautiful parks. Great transport system. For what it's worth, Bangkok only just shaded the victory... the top 10 was 1. Bangkok 2. Florence 3. Istanbul 4. Cape Town 5. Sydney 6. Rome 7. New York 8. Hong Kong 9. Kyoto 10. Paris Hmm Bangkok first, Paris tenth....*Checks calender to see if it's April 1st* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambodave Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 There is definitely somebody at the wind up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gohmer Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 OMG, Detroit is a better city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AlexDorneles Posted July 25, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2012 Funny how many negative comments and still you all old farts are still living here. This is one of the best cities in the world and that's why I am here. I feel sorry for you all miserable old bags that are here because you cannot afford to be somewhere else. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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