Fifteen years ago, Street View began as a far-fetched idea from Google co-founder Larry Page to build a 360-degree map of the entire world. Fast forward to today: There are now over 220 billion Street View images from over 100 countries and territories — a new milestone — allowing people to fully experience what it’s like to be in these places right from their phone or computer. And Street View doesn't just help you virtually explore, it’s also critical to our mapping efforts — letting you see the most up-to-date information about the world, while laying the foundation for a more immersive, intuitive map.
For Thailand, it has already been 10 years since the official Street View operation was announced in September 2011 and the first imagery of Thailand’s three provinces - Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket - became available on Street View in March 2012. In September 2016, Indoor Street View was introduced. More recently in March 2021, Google launched River Street View in partnership with Bangkok Riviera. A Street View camera was mounted to a boat to capture fascinating imagery from the Lower Chao Phraya River from Samutprakarn to Ayutthaya.
Over the past year, people had fun exploring new places and potential travel destinations on Street View. Here’s the list of the 15 most popular countries and regions to visit on Street View, in which 5 of them are in Asia-Pacific including Thailand.
Below is the list of the 15 cities that people visited the most on Street View. As you can see, 6 of the 15 cities featured on the list are in Asia-Pacific and Bangkok is one of those cities.
Looking at Thailand’s specific data, the 15 most-visited provinces on Street View were:
People in Thailand also showed interest in museums and seasides. The 15 most-visited museums on Street View were:
The Erawan Museum (Samut Prakan)
Ancient City (Samut Prakan)
Science Center for Education and Planetarium (Bangkok)
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA BANGKOK) (Bangkok)
National Museum (Bangkok)
Train Cemetery (Bangkok)
National Science Museum (Pathum Thani)
Jim Thompson House Museum (Bangkok)
Museum Siam (Bangkok)
150 Million Year Old Stone Shell Museum in Nongbua Lamphu Province (Nongbua Lamphu)
Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center (Bangkok)
HTMS Prasae (PF 2) Memorial (Rayong)
Baan Hollanda (Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya)
Ancient Artillery Museum (Bangkok)
Ban Chianghian Museum (Maha Sarakham)
