Bangkok voted world's best city

Bangkok has been voted the world's best city, followed by Chiang Mai, in the magazine Travel + Leisure's 2010 World's Best Awards readers survey.

Vehicles inch their way through floods on Si Ayutthaya Road triggered by a heavy downpour yesterday morning.

 The weather bureau is predicting more rain for the capital in coming days. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul)

The survey was carried out before the red shirt rallies and ensuing military action in May.

Florence in Italy, San Miguel de Allende in Mexico and Rome, Italy were the other cities that made up the top five.

Bangkok returns to the No 1 spot, having last held that ranking in 2008. The capital ranked third last year and Chiang Mai was fifth.

A questionnaire developed by the editors of Travel + Leisure, in association with ROI Research Inc, was made available to its readers from Dec 15, 2009, to March 31, 2010.

Bangkok  Governor  MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said that he will go to New York next week to receive the award, the ceremony for which will be held next Wednesday.

MR Sukhumbhand said he is pleased with the award and it shows that Bangkok's popularity among tourists worldwide remains good.

"It must be noted the survey was completed in March when the political situation and the red shirt protest were not yet critical," he said.

• Published: 15/07/2010 at 12:21 AM
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