If ALL the gay bars were to close, would you still come to Thailand?

[Guest buckeroo2]

if all of a sudden there was no gay bar scene, would you still come to Thailand?

 

Last trip lasting the duration of 3 months - I went to the bars on 3 different occasions. So far on this trip I have been here for 3 weeks and I have not ventured into a bar yet. The bar scene bores me to death - but every once in awhile I give in and go out to the bars and then I am reminded of why I dislike them so much and I am good without for a month or so.

[Jason1988]

This is why I visit Thailand and have for over 22 years.

 

The bars are just icing on the cake.

 

[Guest]

The countries to the north & east of Thailand have a tourism offer which competes very well with what is shown in the video. Temples, countryside, beaches (except Laos), friendly people & culture.

 

However, Thailand sustains several English language gay forums & the other countries none.

These forums contain much more about visits to Thailand than Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam put together.

 

I would be very interested to know where people actually go on their holidays. The difference between action & words.

 

Unfortunately, my attempt to set up a poll permitting multiple votes failed.

[Guest]

At the time of writing:

 

Out of 26 members contributing to the poll, 25 have been to Pattaya, making it clearly the most popular destination after Bangkok.

 

Some of the coastal resorts with few or no gay bars get much lower scores. There may be other factors influencing the results, but the data tends to show more of us go to the places that happen to have gay bars.

[Guest fountainhall]

The countries to the north & east of Thailand have a tourism offer which competes very well with what is shown in the video. Temples, countryside, beaches (except Laos), friendly people & culture.

 

However, Thailand sustains several English language gay forums & the other countries none. These forums contain much more about visits to Thailand than Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam put together.

I think in some respects they compete better. To your first list you can add some very interesting architecture - mix of local and French colonial, food, and what I believe is their greater historical interest and fascination. Plus there are small, but growing gay scenes.

 

Both points in the second paragraph are surely quite understandable, though. There is a much greater concentration of English-speaking gay guys in Thailand who naturally chat about what affects their own lives. Comments about the other countries are generally confined to trips there.

 

Large cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh do have some gay chat sites in Vietnamese, but to the best of my knowledge none is in English. This surely reflects partly the much smaller number of western expats and partly local customs where being gay is less tolerated by more of the population.

[Guest beachlover]

It took me less time to Google the answer than it would have taken me to write a post complaining about it.

 

USP is a very general business acronym... But I would still put it in full here.

[Guest beachlover]

Well it depends what kind of gay bars you're talking about. If it was just gogo bars closing, I wouldn't care. But if clubs and discos closed it would put me off and I might not come as often. Plenty of Thailand's neighbours have great gay (or gay oriented) clubs and discos.

[Guest GaySacGuy]

There is nothing I have seen anywhere that compare to the gay go-go bars in Thailand. If they all closed it would certainly result in the loss of some visitors, but there is a lot more to Thailand than just the bars.

 

With Gay Romeo and the likes, and the number of boys who are willing to go with a falang, I think there would still be a goodly number of gays visiting Thailand.

 

I vote that I will come anyway!!

[Guest travelerjim]

There is nothing I have seen anywhere that compare to the gay go-go bars in Thailand. If they all closed it would certainly result in the loss of some visitors, but there is a lot more to Thailand than just the bars.

 

With Gay Romeo and the likes, and the number of boys who are willing to go with a falang, I think there would still be a goodly number of gays visiting Thailand.

 

I vote that I will come anyway!!

 

GaySacGuy,

 

Same-same for me!

 

I have a Thai bf for past 6 years,

but knowing what I have learned about Thailand

over these past 12 years, I would still come.

 

I love Thailand.

 

tj

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Since I don't frequent the bars at all if they all closed it wouldn't affect me at all.

[Jason1988]

At the time of writing:

 

Out of 26 members contributing to the poll, 25 have been to Pattaya, making it clearly the most popular destination after Bangkok.

 

Some of the coastal resorts with few or no gay bars get much lower scores. There may be other factors influencing the results, but the data tends to show more of us go to the places that happen to have gay bars.

 

 

Although I like Bangkok very much, I almost always combine it with a side trip to Pattaya.

[Jason1988]

The countries to the north & east of Thailand have a tourism offer which competes very well with what is shown in the video. Temples, countryside, beaches (except Laos), friendly people & culture.

 

However, Thailand sustains several English language gay forums & the other countries none.

These forums contain much more about visits to Thailand than Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam put together.

 

I would be very interested to know where people actually go on their holidays. The difference between action & words.

 

Unfortunately, my attempt to set up a poll permitting multiple votes failed.

 

 

Thailand has very organized tourist facilities, such as transportation, etc. Thus, making it easy to get around and have

tourist like experiences.

 

The Philippines, as an example, is a mess.

[Guest beachlover]

The Philippines, as an example, is a mess.

 

Kind of like a "BYO hostage negotiator" destination huh?

[PattayaMale]

This was originally posted in June10 2010. Beachlover brought it back to life at the end of Aug 2010.

 

I wonder how many might have changed their mind since then. I would have. Now that I have visited Cambodia a few times, if I was a tourist I would go to Cambodia if there were no bars in Thailand.

 

I have met several really nice farangs to talk with in Phnom Penh, so I feel though I have met some really nice farangs here, I think the same would happen in Phnom Penh

[firecat69]

This was originally posted in June10 2010. Beachlover brought it back to life at the end of Aug 2010.

 

I wonder how many might have changed their mind since then. I would have. Now that I have visited Cambodia a few times, if I was a tourist I would go to Cambodia if there were no bars in Thailand.

 

I have met several really nice farangs to talk with in Phnom Penh, so I feel though I have met some really nice farangs here, I think the same would happen in Phnom Penh

 

Since the overwhelming % of then have no idea how to run a Bar, it would not bother me in the least. I have been in 2 Bars in the last 3 months. 1 in Pattaya and Solid in Bangkok.

 

Plenty of boys on Gayromeo etc. Let them close unless they learn how to run a business!!!

[kokopelli]

No gay bars in Thailand would be like sucking on a shriveled up tit. Not worth the effort.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

I did not move here because of the bars since I don't frequent them. I did occasionally go to the bars when I came here as a tourist, but quickly found them boring and not for me. There were more compelling reasons for me to move here.