fstarbkk Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 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 Actually, according to their current ABC Statement, they have a paid circulation of 970,733 copies. In any event, shoddy fact-checking in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) The day that they HONESTLY rank Bangkok over San Francisco is the day that pigs will fly PS; I have visted all the other "top ten" except for Cape town. SF wins hands down Edited July 25, 2012 by phuketrichard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc50 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Must mean best city for pxxxx!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew 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* Pretty sure if Bangkok was in France and Paris in Thailand, the position in the table would be reversed. (This is NOT about any particular nationality François, believe me it's not.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkoid66 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Bangkok is the one who paid the most to get the 1st rank period. Euro countries must be broke and refused to pay this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 30,000 readership around the world! That is not even a drop in the ocean! Would be different if any of those 30,000 readers have ever visited Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLew Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Looking at the list of the top ten it seems that the majority of this magazines readership must be the discount / backpacker tourists I rather reckon Bangkok won out due to its low prices for food and hotels Just my to cents worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjets Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 lol. Whoever put BKK in this list obviously never been to BKK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 30,000 readership around the world! That is not even a drop in the ocean! Maybe they are counting all the old issues in waiting rooms...for example, quite a few people going to dentist office could read that one old issue every day while waiting to be called in for their dentist appointment...that adds up to some big readership numbers after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bra Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Like any other big city BKK has its good and bad. When its good (and thats most of the time) its great. When its bad its terrible. But I think nearly all of us who post are farangs and Thais who live here may have very different opinions. Anyway I love it, and as a friend and resident here said "this is the best screwed up city in the world" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Could be interesting to know how they judge a city , under which criteria. By the nightlife and Bangkok is number one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredthegreat Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Stinking canals not dredged, beggers who are put on the streets to collect for who?, rounded shoulders from looking down to avoid accidents, Excuse me, I'm going to throw up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamini Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I think Bangkok deserves this title. I love Bangkok. The food, the nightlife and plenty to see and do. Unlike Pattaya and Phuket its safe and the taxis are good and very cheap. Thais still very friendly in spite of the hordes of tourists. I lived and worked there nearly 50 years ago and if anything its more interesting now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertalmost Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 To those expressing disbelief, you are joking right? The award is certainly valid and no joke and the magazine a reputable one for travellers! Obviously: Sex sells! Especially when it is selling sex. Who cares if the plumbing doesn't work or the paint is peeling when its the best supplied whore house on the planet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warfie 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? The article states "30,000" which is "thirty thousand" "30.000" would mean "thirty point zero zero zero" same thing as "thirty" The difference is the comma " , " versus the decimal point " . " As to the veracity of the article? No comment, except that I choose to live in Thailand but not in BKK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dairycarlin Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 What a load of rubbish!!! Go take a pic of Caracas, where people are eating garbage! BANGKOK is better than Mexico City anyone agree? NOt the best of the best but ATLEAST its got PRIVACY for some.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 C'mon, please give me a break. Someone is going to pick Bangkok over Paris, New York City or London. I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatcharanan 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 Obviously fake seeing as how the East End of London ain't in the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamlet07 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. Yes your not wrong ! and what about the wonderful 'diesal' smell Ooh yum yum !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJH77 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Forget Bangkok, how in the hell would Boracay get the best island in the world award. I must have been to 20 islands that leave Boracay for dead in countries like Fiji, Tahiti and even off Australia. There are some fabulous islands around the Pacific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusBoy Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 What a load of rubbish!!! Go take a pic of Caracas, where people are eating garbage! BANGKOK is better than Mexico City anyone agree? NOt the best of the best but ATLEAST its got PRIVACY for some.. It is what it is...... Take it or leave it. No need to spend all that money to fly to Caracas, I just look out my window at the slums here in BKK to see them eating rubbish, sh*t, anything really or glue sniffifing all day and night, yaba selling and taking in full view....the list goes on and on and on and on. Just trying to keep it light hearted, and anyway, Stickman took the photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianb1944 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 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! according to the article,BKK apparently won it the 2 years of those occurrences.?? One has to ask the relelevance of a poll of 30,000 people, with an unknown response figure, given the Global Tourist Market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianb1944 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 What a load of rubbish!!! Go take a pic of Caracas, where people are eating garbage! BANGKOK is better than Mexico City anyone agree? NOt the best of the best but ATLEAST its got PRIVACY for some.. It is what it is...... Take it or leave it. No need to spend all that money to fly to Caracas, I just look out my window at the slums here in BKK to see them eating rubbish, sh*t, anything really or glue sniffifing all day and night, yaba selling and taking in full view....the list goes on and on and on and on. Just trying to keep it light hearted, and anyway, Stickman took the photo Not eating garbage, is scavenging for tat, plastic bottles etc. Can see any number of Thais doing the same thing in any Thai City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losworld Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 If it's a magazine always look at the results then look through the magazine to see if the winner bought a one or two page color ad. Same with car reviews, etc. That's how most of these guys work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinCityGr8One Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Way to Go Bangkok! 3 Years in a row as The World's Best City! Looking forward to making it 4 Years in 2013! I Love this City! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 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. By the same readers of one same magazine, nothing more, if some of them had gone to BKK only once they could answ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 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. YES...by the same readers of one same magazine, nothing more, if some of them had gone to BKK only once they could give the same answer to each new poll for years, for they are not asked for their visas as a proof ... If it is some of those readers never went nowhere, but in the end what a fuss LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pops Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 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.... Come on guys, you gotta love Bangkok. Yes it is polluted, but which major city isn't ? Yes it is crowded and footpaths are not wheelchair friendly, but every major city has its negatives. Bangkok also has a lot to offer and there is something for everybody. I can understand that tourists love Bangkok !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac1970 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 HUB of Awards! Great city. Always nice to come back, see and feel the real thing. Bangkok is the place which makes you smile after several months with boring people and in grey coloured cities This is vibrant city with all the good and bad things, you like it or you hate it and when the day comes then you move on and never look back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dairycarlin Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 What a load of rubbish!!! Go take a pic of Caracas, where people are eating garbage! BANGKOK is better than Mexico City anyone agree? NOt the best of the best but ATLEAST its got PRIVACY for some.. It is what it is...... Take it or leave it. No need to spend all that money to fly to Caracas, I just look out my window at the slums here in BKK to see them eating rubbish, sh*t, anything really or glue sniffifing all day and night, yaba selling and taking in full view....the list goes on and on and on and on. Just trying to keep it light hearted, and anyway, Stickman took the photo Not eating garbage, is scavenging for tat, plastic bottles etc. Can see any number of Thais doing the same thing in any Thai City. I never said Thai's ate garbage, I SAID GO to Caracas or Mexico City if you want to see the art of scavenging garbage for food. if i was hungry and had nothing to eat in my room, maybe I would come and eat you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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