Shopping mall tops list of most pictures
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The Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal and the Grand Canyon have inspired many photographs. But a shopping mall in Bangkok has claimed this year’s crown as the world’s most photographed location on Instagram.
In its Top 10 year-end list, the photo-sharing app dubbed Siam Paragon the planet’s most “Instagrammed” spot in 2013. New York’s Times Square and Disneyland in California were No. 2 and No. 3.
The luxury mall in the heart of Bangkok is not exactly a world-famous landmark.
But the mall is a trendy meeting place that claims to have more than 100,000 visitors a day.
“All the celebrities come here and post photos of themselves,” said Sayamon Srichai, a 33-year-old Bangkok office worker walking past Paragon’s tropical Christmas garden with an outstretched arm as she smiled for her smartphone. “Regular people like me want to walk in their footsteps.”
Thailand has long been called the Land of Smiles, but it could also be called the Land of Selfies.
“Taking Instagram pictures is sort of like a daily ritual,” said Jitlada Mahan, 18, as she posed for her phone outside the sprawling five-floor complex.
“I take photos of food here all the time. Almost every day,” said Jirathip Khajonkulvanich, an 18-year-old student who has 1,035 Instagram followers. “When you take photos of food, people press ‘like’ more than with other pictures.”
Historical sites can’t compete when it comes to uploads, said Suthasinee Tilokruanochai, a 22-year-old engineering student. “If you go to the Eiffel Tower, you go once. You take a picture and you leave. We come here every day after school.”
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