Bangkok transportation remains affordable

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Bangkok transportation remains affordable
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Despite the notorious of Bangkok traffic, Bangkok remains the top city where transportation is still affoardable, according to the annual global Hotels.com Airport Transportation Insider.

Among the most popular destinations in Asia, Bangkok taxi remains the most affordable with the fare of US$8 or around Bt260, to get from the primary airport to the city center, China comes in the second most affordable followed with Taiwan and Korea with the taxi fares of Bt480, Bt960 and Bt1,248 respectively.

To help travellers better plan their travel itineraries, Hotels.com has compiled an insider's look at the best transportation options from around 30 major airports around the world, including Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok. The Hotels.com Airport Transportation Insider compares taxi, private car and mass transit options within the most popular international and domestic destinations based on the latest Hotel Price Index.

When looking at popular overseas destination for Thais such as Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and China, the survey found that Singapore has the most value for money mass transportation. With the fare of Bt32T on MRT rail from Changi Airport to the city. For Japan, the most value for money transportation from Narita International Airport to Tokyo is via bus at the cost of only Bt288.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Bangkok-transportation-remains-affordable-30249946.html


-- The Nation 2014-12-16

[timmyp]

Affordable for those earning wages outside Thailand?

Taxis are cheap, but the cost to ride the MRT and BTS seems unfairly high relative to the wages earned by those who need to take the train the most.

[Bsd]

Affordable for those earning wages outside Thailand?

Taxis are cheap, but the cost to ride the MRT and BTS seems unfairly high relative to the wages earned by those who need to take the train the most.

I once asked a shop assistant at Tokyu in MBK if they had ever ridden the BTS (since you know the station is connected to the store), "no it is to expensive" was the reply.

[yellowboat]

They were not taking the locals into consideration at all. Thais spend a lot of time and money on transport, transport without a comon fair like many cities

[timmyp]

They were not taking the locals into consideration at all. Thais spend a lot of time and money on transport, transport without a comon fair like many cities

Wealthy Thai people and companies who pay for their employee's commute can pay for it quite easily, so I think they took those locals into consideration. But they left out the less privileged. The folks who would benefit the most won't make the companies building and running the trains much money.

[Halion]

Affordable ,perhaps but moronic. Consider the amount of personal time expended by every single commuter in this morass they call a city, simply trying to get to and from work. It may be inexpensive in Baht but it is such a useless waste of life sitting in the traffic chaos caused and amplified by the ignorance and inefficiency of local officialdom who by the way do not care as they have the privilege of having the local police clear a path for them. Mayhem.

[Mencken]

Rubbish. Its about the same price as Japan. Singapore may be cheaper.

The taxies are an anomaly.

Prices are artifically held down because wages suck even more than the US.