International tourists vote Bangkok as the best city

Wat Arun at sunset in Bangkok Thailand: Flickr.com

International tourists voted Bangkok as the best city to visit out of the ten countries attending The 8th Plenary Meeting of Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21).

Bangkok scored 7.19 out of 10, according to the polls conducted by Bangkok University Research Center. Japan ranked second at 3.12 followed by Singapore at 2.45, Hanoi at 1.65 and Delhi at 1.49. The delicate Thai cuisine was cited as a major attraction at 20.4 percent, followed by cultural sites at 19.7 percent, Thai hospitality at 16.8 percent, Thai culture and tradition at 15.8 percent and Thai shopping venues at 15.1 percent.

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UNESCO recognition sought for historic Wat Pho inscriptions

Wat Pho (Thai: วัดโพธิ์) or Wat Phra Chetuphon (Thai: วัดพระเชตุพน)

Thailand will propose that the historic inscriptions and hermit statues teaching traditional Thai yoga at Wat Pra Chetupon Wimolmangalaram be included in the UNESCO Memory of the World (MOW) Programme in 2009.

At a meeting on Monday at the Bangkok temple, Prof. Maenmas Chavalit, chairperson of Thailand’s National Committee on the MOW Programme, said the knowledge inscribed on the walls and embodied in the ancient yoga postures at Wat Chetupon — more commonly known as Wat Pho — had universal value.