Travel&Leisure Magazine, which caters to the luxury travel market, has released its 2011 "World's Best" list, with Bangkok voted by readers as the top city in the world, followed by Florence and Rome.
Bangkok was previously voted the "World's Best City" by the magazine's readers in 2010, over Chiang Mai and Florence.
Rounding out the top 10 on the "World's Best City" list, after Bangkok Florence and Rome, are New York City, Istanbul, Cape Town, Siem Reap (Cambodia), Sydney, Barcelona (Spain) and Paris.
The votes were based on: 1. Places for sightseeing, their beauty and greenery; 2. Arts and culture; 3. Food; 4. Shopping areas; 5. People's friendliness; 6. Value for money spent.
Bangkok will be honored at an awards ceremony that is scheduled for July 14th. The ceremony will be hosted by Travel + Leisure Editor-in-Chief Nancy Novogrod and VP/Publisher Jean-Paul Kryillos at the Mr. C Beverly Hills hotel in Los Angeles.
Thailand’s hotels did well too, with the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi in Chiang Mai (rank 7), Mandarin Oriental Bangkok (rank 23), The Peninsula Bangkok (rank 40) Four Season in Chiang Mai (rank 49), while Thai Airways was voted the world’s ninth best international airline.
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