Seasons?

[12is12]

Does sex tourism in bkk and pattaya ebb and flow according to the monsoon/dry seasons ?

What do the businesses and providers do during the low/empty season?7

[KeepItReal]

3 hours ago, 12is12 said:

Does sex tourism in bkk and pattaya ebb and flow according to the monsoon/dry seasons ?

What do the businesses and providers do during the low/empty season?7

Yes. They wait.

[Londoner]

My impression- and I have no evidence of this- is that, putting aside the high-high season around Christmas, over the years the difference in tourist numbers has been less pronounced. Maybe the influx of Asians? Or the utter confusion surrounding Covid? At any rate, when I was visiting as a punter, I never took much notice; most of my activities were indoors!

[Olddaddy]

That's why I never travel in high season 

I love the "ghost town look " in June July 

Sometimes I sit outside the bar and look at the lonely street and imagine that cactus ball you see is rolling down the street 

[roughjock]

Actually, most of the sex tourism industry ceases to exist apart from a brief moment in time in which you visit. 

[a-447]

9 hours ago, 12is12 said:

What do the businesses and providers do during the low/empty season?7

They double their prices!

[kokopelli3]

6 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

That's why I never travel in high season 

I love the "ghost town look " in June July 

Sometimes I sit outside the bar and look at the lonely street and imagine that cactus ball you see is rolling down the street 

They are known as tumbleweeds, an invasive Russian thistle.

[12is12]

So,

in both bkk and pattaya the season is between nov and may?

Or even shorter?

[colmx]

My observations for the gay scene :

• Early December to Mid Feb=> High Season, this takes in Christmas and both Western and Chinese New Year
• After that things quieten down but have a decent bump at Easter and Songkran in mid April
• Small Bump in tourist numbers in July and August due to European summer holidays, noticeably more so first 2 weeks of august
• Small bumps in tourist numbers at Loy Kratong, Fireworks festival,White Parties, the various gay prides etc.

Looking at Pattaya in general over the last few years, there is only really a low season on the gay scene, elsewhere there is a High and Mid Season. The numbers of people travelling, shopping in malls, occupying restaurants, songtaews and hotels are pretty constant outside High Season.

[12is12]

Thx Colmx (-:

[vinapu]

I was in Thailand in all months bar March and April and why I notice some difference between season, for my personal use it' s only minor variation between high and low seasons. Nothing really which influence my decision whether and when to go

[colmx]

4 hours ago, vinapu said:

I was in Thailand in all months bar March and April

April is the best month to go! Songkran!!

 

[sydneyboy1]

I have been to Thailand at least a dozen times. Last year I was in Bangkok in June and December and never noticed much difference. Beach resorts like Pattaya the difference would be more pronounced.

[vinapu]

8 hours ago, colmx said:

April is the best month to go! Songkran!!

 

 

Opinions about going at Songkran time varies but I guess it's best to use my own, often dispensed advice, and just go and try myself. Economically for me it's not a good option but for fun one needs to forget  about income from time to time I guess. 

[kokopelli3]

In Pattaya, the gay sex season is pronounced between high and low seasons. In high season Boyztown and Jomtien Complex are busy, in low season they are moribund.

[Patanawet]

22 hours ago, a-447 said:

They double their prices!

Yes, Thai logic.

[vinapu]

On 2/8/2025 at 1:41 PM, Patanawet said:

Yes, Thai logic.

Unorthodox economy sometimes works

[Patanawet]

On 2/7/2025 at 1:58 PM, Londoner said:

My impression- and I have no evidence of this- is that, putting aside the high-high season around Christmas, over the years the difference in tourist numbers has been less pronounced. Maybe the influx of Asians? Or the utter confusion surrounding Covid? At any rate, when I was visiting as a punter, I never took much notice; most of my activities were indoors!

Yes 'around' Christmas-- that's really for New Year, Christmas is nothing special in Thailand (not even a public holiday).

[Londoner]

I never forget the white polystyrene reindeer that decorated our Krabi hotel afew years ago. We returned in April and the d**n things were still there. But brown.

And  a  couple of weeks ago, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer  was playing on a loop in the supermarket next to Outlet Mall. Lotus? I could have screamed....it was mid-November.  Has it stopped yet?

[floridarob]

7 hours ago, Londoner said:

I never forget the white polystyrene reindeer that decorated our Krabi hotel afew years ago. We returned in April and the d**n things were still there. But brown.

And  a  couple of weeks ago, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer  was playing on a loop in the supermarket next to Outlet Mall. Lotus? I could have screamed....it was mid-November.  Has it stopped yet?

Imagine how the workers feel, lol