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Bangkok offers most affordable transportation

By Korea Herald

Published : Nov. 28, 2014 - 20:47

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What determines your first impression of a city may be the transportation you use to get from the airport to downtown. Hotels.com Airport and Transportation Insider found out which cities offer the most convenient transportation from the airport to your final destination among 20 destinations around the world.

Bangkok offered the cheapest means of transportation for the route. Options are diverse, including shuttle buses, shared rides and limousines, with an average price of 2,103 won ($1.90). The Thai capital also ranked second-cheapest in terms of taxi fares with an average of 8,089 won ($7.30). Bogota topped the list of destinations that have cheap taxi fares with an average of 7,377 won.

Sydney has the shortest distance from the airport to downtown (5 km), followed by Mexico City (7 km) and Berlin (8 km). Meanwhile, Tokyo has the farthest distance ― 44 kilometers.

(wylee@heraldcorp.com)