Since you set foot on the capital of Thailand, you will realize that Bangkok that does not sleep is not just a city, but rather a charming world that combines originality and modernity that makes you make sure that you did not make mistakes as you chose it within your tourist destinations.
In fact, Thailand has engraved for itself a place in the map of global tourism in recent years, as it indicates last year data that it has received about 35 million tourists, equivalent to half of its population.
The Kingdom of South Asia has a population of about 72 million people, 11 million of whom live in Bangkok, the capital, the largest and most famous city of the country.
When you come out of Bangkok Airport, you will feel some moisture as is the case in that region of the world, but it will not reach the point that spoils the fun of the flight, especially if the rain fell and it often does even outside the five months in which the rain fell abundantly from June to October.
The road from the airport to the city takes half an hour, in which you can see an aspect of greenery that covers large areas in the country, before the Bangkok Towers and their high structures begin to see you whenever it approaches them slowly.
Temples and statues
When you take your first steps inside the city, you feel quickly as if you are in a strange charming world, combining the old architecture that appears especially in traditional temples, modern architecture, whether in the towers and skyscrapers or in the many shopping centers.
In a country that condemns the majority of its population in Buddhism, your curiosity must push you to visit some of the temples that spread in several places in the capital, knowing that you will not need this visit to see the statues of the Buddha where it spreads everywhere and in various sizes.
And when you visit the great royal palace, which is one of the most prominent features of the capital, you will find a lot of buildings with amazing architecture, but you will also find many statues associated with Buddhist religion that seem to be made of gold or at least covered with it.
With the brightness of the sun, the golden color and its repercussions will be overwhelmed by your eyes, in advance of a painting of pleasure and dazzling with the beauty of the architecture and the splendor of design.
Inside the palace, you will find the huge golden Buddha statue that exceeds 40 meters in length, and close to the palace, you will find the temple of the emerald Buddhist as well as the Dawn Temple, all of which are not just statues and buildings, but you will find them closer to vibrant spiritual centers where you can see the monks performing their rituals, as well as the local residents while they perform their devotional rituals.
And you are in the city center, you should take advantage of the opportunity to go to the Golden Mountain Temple, which is just about ten minutes away from the royal palace, and you will enjoy the experience of ascending to that temple on an industrial hill through a wonderful mixture of trees, toilets and bells.
Life markets
Because shopping is an inherent part of tourism and its pleasure, Bangkok represents a great opportunity for you in this regard, provided you are aware of what you want to buy and in the place of purchase.
The Thai capital, just as the rest of the capitals and major cities, will find high -price shopping centers often, and you will also find cheap shopping centers and markets.
After you enjoy a picnic and perhaps buy some original products in shopping centers such as Siam and Central World, you can go to the MBK center where counterfeit goods and cheap prices.
In the field of shopping, you also do not miss the experience of huge popular markets such as Chatoshack, the Chinese market, as well as several night markets, some of which work until morning.
Medical tourism
In recent years, the fame of the Thai capital, Bangkok, has increased in the field of medical tourism, and after some were keen to use the visit to buy herbs and traditional drugs, the field also expanded to medication through a series of huge hospitals that have great capabilities and are attracting many patients, especially from the Arab Gulf region.
Dining
And if you are dear reader, who loves the experience of unusual food in your country, you will find your prostitution in Thailand through foods that smell of distance from the distance and overwhelmed by spices, but if you are from the category that you do not like to change, you will find what you also want, and it is sufficient to live in a hotel in the area that is famous for the name of Arab Street to find yourself in the shops and restaurants that offer you what you are accustomed to from food and its various taste Egyptian and Shami.
But if you are a fruit lover, you are lucky to visit Thailand and you can find mango varieties unless you find him an example in the sweetness of taste, as well as other fruits such as papaya, pineapple and guava.
As for the Dorin, that famous fruit in Asia, which is characterized by a permeable smell that will not often appeal to you if you are coming from an Arab country, but its taste may appeal to you and may not appeal, and we leave it to your own experience.
Transportation
Since you are visiting a city inhabited by 11 million people, not visitors and tourists, you should expect to be on a date with a crowded city, especially the peak times that are multiple during the day and night as well.
But the good news is that the city faces this with a mixture of transportation, as there is the usual taxi, and there are also more rapid means, including tuktuk (three -wheeled motorcycles) and there are motorcycles.
Here, dear reader, we advise you to use an application such as (Bolt) through which you can reserve a taxi or even a motorcycle, so you will come within moments at a better price than you will pay if you stop the taxi in the usual way.
A good people
If you ask any tourist about the axes of his interest when he visits a country, he will inevitably tell you about the shrines, markets and food, but he will also tell you about humans and the degree of their warmth, which says our experience that Thailand succeeds in it with distinction, so people overcome good and cheerful and are often ready to provide assistance within the limits of their knowledge and capabilities.
Bangkok is also marked by a noticeable degree of security and respect for traffic rules, in light of a remarkable paradox that you will rarely find during your wandering police or traffic officers.
Dear reader, I will conclude for you what may tempt you to think about tourism in Thailand, and I tell you that in 2024 I entered the list of the ten most attractive countries for tourists in the world, which is the list that France is topped, according to the World Health Organization.
In order to realize the size of the development in the tourist turnout on Thailand, we tell you that it was ranked 11th in 2023 and the 22nd in the previous year, while it was outside the top of the top sixty in 2021.
As for Bangkok, the World Tourism Forum provides us with a surprise of a heavy caliber, which is that with regard to cities, Bangkok is the first for the world in 2024 after receiving more than 32 million tourists, to advance to Istanbul, Turkish and London, before it comes in the fourth to tenth centers from Hong Kong, Makkah Al -Mukarramah, Antalya, Dubai, Maco, Paris and Kuala Lumpur.