BANGKOK | SINGAPORE | KUALA LUMPUR - ASEAN Capital Cities 2020 Part 2
Channel: Hiroto’s Adventure
Date: 2020-07-21

BANGKOK | SINGAPORE | KUALA LUMPUR - ASEAN Capital Cities 2020 Part 2

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BANGKOK

Area
 • City 1,568.737 km2 (605.693 sq mi)
 • Metro 7,761.6 km2 (2,996.8 sq mi)

Population (2010 census)
 • City 8,305,218
 • Metro 14,626,225

Officially, Bangkok was known as Thonburi Si Mahasamut (ธนบุรีศรีมหาสมุทร, from Pali and Sanskrit, literally 'city of treasures gracing the ocean') or Thonburi, according to the Ayutthaya Chronicles.

Bangkok is one of the world's top tourist destinations. Of 162 cities worldwide, MasterCard ranked Bangkok as the top destination city by international visitor arrivals in its Global Destination Cities Index 2018, ahead of London, with just over 20 million overnight visitors in 2017.

Video Sources:

Thailand - Bangkok Drone Aerial View by Drone Fan
https://youtu.be/Mn1OAwwAg9U

Amazing Bangkok - aerial view by Wildlife Israel Yuval Dax
https://youtu.be/54laDFC44Ek

Bangkok THAILAND Aerials 4K- Incredible views of the city Day and NIGHT by Crown Eagle Nature & Relaxation
https://youtu.be/fu1zY8ICKSg

SINGAPORE

Area
• Total 725.7 km2 (280.2 sq mi)

Population
• 2019 estimate 5,703,600

The country is currently the only city-island-nation in the world.

The English name of Singapore is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura, which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for "Lion City"

Singapore became independent as the Republic of Singapore on 9 August 1965

In 1967, the country co-founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Singapore has a highly developed market economy, based historically on extended entrepôt trade. 

Along with Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan, Singapore is one of the Four Asian Tigers, but has surpassed its peers in terms of GDP per capita

Singapore has the world's highest percentage of millionaires, with one out of every six households having at least one million US dollars in disposable wealth.

Singapore is the 5th most visited city in the world, and 2nd in the Asia-Pacific

Video Sources:

New: Singapore 4k (2020) by 4k Traveler
https://youtu.be/aw9Gb-nu4k0

4K Drone Footage | Financial District Singapore | Singapore Drone 2020 | Drone Video 2020 by MTVATION
https://youtu.be/UR7xqYIWt6I

KUALA LUMPUR

Area
 • City 243 km2 (94 sq mi)
 • Metro 2,243.27 km2 (866.13 sq mi)

Population (2018 est.)
 • City 1,790,000
 • Metro 7,564,000

Kuala Lumpur means "muddy confluence" in Malay; kuala is the point where two rivers join together or an estuary, and lumpur means "mud"

Kuala Lumpur is rated as an alpha world city, and is the only global city in Malaysia, according to the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC).

Kuala Lumpur is poised to become the global Islamic Financing hub with an increasing number of financial institutions providing Islamic Financing and the strong presence of Gulf's financial institutions

Kuala Lumpur is the sixth most visited city in the world, with an average of 9 million tourists per year.

Kuala Lumpur has been ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Ranking at No. 70 in the world, and No. 2 in Southeast Asia after Singapore.

Kuala Lumpur was named as one of the New7Wonders Cities, and has been named as World Book Capital 2020 by UNESCO.

Video Sources:

Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2020 by Q Production
https://youtu.be/3Hi9bGnfeSo

KUALA LUMPUR 2020 by YongBoi
https://youtu.be/HCe8Aqfpb7I

KL SENTRAL - 4K Cinematic Night Aerial by SCM Southern Corridor Malaysia
https://youtu.be/IMW-F1Aouto

Music & Artist(s):
SEE YOU | Ikson @iksonOfficial (Title)
CALLING | Ikson @iksonOfficial (Bangkok)
ANGEL | Ikson @iksonOfficial (Singapore)
UTOPIA | Ikson @iksonOfficial (Kuala Lumpur)