Top 10 Interesting Facts About Bangkok 2022

 

     Bangkok is a modern metropolitan city situated on both the banks of Chau Phraya River, Thailand. It is the Capital City of Thailand with an estimated 8 million population. It is the biggest and the richest city of Thailand. There are a lot of interesting facts about Bangkok that you might not know. The top 10 Interesting facts about Bangkok city are-

1. The traditional name of Bangkok 'Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakoshin Mahinthara Uthaya Mahadhilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahachathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit' is the longest name of any place in the world and it has been recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as so.

2. Bangkok is officially known as the 'City of Angels'.

3. Bangkok is the second most visited city in the world with 21.2 million yearly visitors as of 2018.

4. The City of Bangkok provides an excellent body massage service which has doubled its influx of international tourists.

5. Nearly 95 percent of the millionaires of Thailand lives in Bangkok City. So, if you are in the city then you would definitely be sorrounded by many millionaires.

6. The city of Bangkok is also referred to as the 'Venice of the East'. Because, the city is surrounded by numerous canals like that of Venice, Italy.

7. The taxi's of Bangkok has different colors or are color coded. Every single color gives some information about the taxi or the types of taxi. Taxi's with yellow and green color suggests owner driver taxi etc.

8. Bangkok has two airports which make it possible to travel to nearby bigger cities within an hour without delay or air traffic.

9. Bangkok has the tallest air traffic control tower, which has a height of 132.2 meters.

10. Chatuchak market is the world's largest weekend market situated in Bangkok. There is an estimated 15000 retail stalls of all day to day things. The most important thing is that you can burgain here in this market. Because of this very fact, thousands of peoples visit this market every weekend.