I am planning on doing my first gaycation of my life and I have been considering going to Thailand for Christmas and New Year. My intention is to have a lot of fun, I have become single after long-term relationship, and I have never done a trip with that objective before.

That's why I thought about Thailand; it is well-known that Thailand is the gay capital of Asia. But after I started googling in detail about the gay scene in Thailand, it appears that the fun is based on the large amount of escorts available. I am not interested at all in hiring escorts. I want to go to a place where I can meet a lot of other hot gay guys. I want something like Barcelona or Sydney during a gay pride.

Does Thailand offer that, or its gay tourism is primarily targeted to hiring escorts?

PS: I am open to suggestions of other places to visit not more than 12 hours flight from Australia.