Asia’s batn of open-md religns and warm, iendly people has long ma a favoure statn for gay travellers. Here is our pick of five spots across Asia where LGBT travellers n be sure of a warm wele and a great time.
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- GAY ASIA TRAVEL GUI
- 40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS
- GAY TRAVEL GUIS BY WORLD REGN
- TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
- THAILAND GAY TRAVEL
- GAY BALI
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After the sun sets Boray, you n enjoy a night of cktails and dance at a gay-iendly bar such as OMBar or JC Karaoke Bar. When you’ve filled up on tasty Thai cuise and want to burn off those extra lori, dance the night away DJ Statn, one of Bangkok’s most famo gay clubs.
The lols accept and wele all tourists regardls of sexual orientatn, and there are plenty of gay-iendly venu where you n eher go all out or let your hair down.
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When the sun go down, grab a cktail or two the Semyak regn, where you’ll fd well-tablished gay bars such as Mixwell and Bali Kong has more skyscrapers than New York, makg a fantastic holiday statn for those who want to lose themselv a ncrete maze. Jt about every bar and rtrant Hong Kong is gay-iendly, wh some clubs terg exclively to the LGBT muny, such as FLM, TIME Bar and Pettiat Lane.
Many venu hold weekly ‘gay’ happy hours where you n have your fill of lourful cktails at a disunted price. Celebrate tolerance and acceptance wh fellow LGBT lols and tourists by headg to Shju Ni-chōme, Tokyo’s unofficial gay district. You’ll fd LGBT-iendly bars all over Shanghai, but s gay-iendly spas, gyms and massage parlours make this Che metropolis a unique statn for the LGBT muny.
As ci across the regn beg to ter more wily to the gay market, the optns available to the discerng gay visor are greater than ever. Perennially popular Bangkok boasts an tablished gay scene and, while hotels, rtrants, bars and clubs right across Thailand are welg of gay ctomers, much of Bangkok’s gay society is centered on fashnable Silom Road. The slew of visor-iendly gay bars on Silom Soi 4 make the perfect spot for people watchg, as crowds ngregate for drks on street-si terrac before the grand nighttime exod to Bangkok’s largt and most famo gay club, DJ Statn.
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Apparently named after a Shanghai baret owner, Maggie Choo’s hosts a gay night every Sunday, where the girls on swgs are replaced by topls men silk pants and turbans. Jt a stone’s throw om Silom’s gay epicenter, gay-owned Eat Me on Convent Road is now a long-stanr on the Bangkok dg scene and yet manag to mata an excellent reputatn for s ventive menu of fn dish. Elsewhere, while the curly named WTF Bar & Gallery Shumv’s Thong Lor area attracts a distctly mixed crowd, that clus a healthy dose of gay travelers pulled by the mix of rotatg art exhibns on the upper floor and the blend of fn food, craft beers and one-off imported spirs the downstairs bar – where the atmosphere chang om zy and timate on midweek nights to an excg vibe on Friday and Saturday evengs when the party spills out onto the siwalk.
Cosmopolan Bali boasts a iendly gay scene that, together wh stunng landsp and s famo beach, make a h wh gay travelers.
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Bali’s actn is foced around Semyak, and particularly on Jalan Camplung Tand, where you’ll fd Mixwell and Bali Joe, two popular long-standg gay bars wh nightly shows.
On the wateront, neher Ku De Ta nor the Potato Head Beach Club are explicly gay, but both attract a substantial gay clientele and are sential ponents to any vis to Bali.
For beach actn, Batu Belig and Double Six beach are known for attractg gay visors; both are wh easy reach of Semyak and make for a sual spot offerg a selectn of food and drk, ocean views and iendly pany.
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Wh an open-md, tolerant outlook and a growg reputatn as the San Francis of the east, Taipei is quickly emergg as one of Asia’s most gay-iendly and welg statns. Taipei’s ma gay zone is loted the Red Hoe District, a large outdoor plex featurg shops, bars and rtrants. Of urse, a vis to Taipei wouldn’t be plete whout a sg-along – Matt Bar is one of the cy’s most stylish gay karaoke bars.
Homosexualy is wily accepted Cambodia and tourists enjoy an open-md wele, though lols rema discreet and g out is still not always an easy optn. As well as rooms, the luxur, flamboyantly signed gay-only Men’s Rort featur a spa, sna, pool and gym which to while away the days. Siem Reap’s first gay bar, sign-led Lga has been open sce 2004 and attracts a sophistited crowd crazy about s famed cktail list, people watchg opportuni and Saturday night drag show – there’s now a spa on the premis, too.
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The oh-so-red Miss Wong bar, wh s old Shanghai spired dér, is gay-iendly and boasts a drks menu that mak e of lol gredients like chilli and lemongrass. A ban on gay marriage was repealed at the start of 2015 forward-thkg Vietnam, and ’s jt one reflectn of a rapidly evolvg gay scene the untry’s charmgly chaotic southern cy. Saigon offers a smaller selectn of gay venu than other Asian ci, and many lotns attract more of a mixed crowd, but the number of optns is growg.
Gay-owned The Fig Café serv up morn Vietname dish stylish surrounds, wh emphasis on anic gredients; the rtrant also boasts an extensive list of French, Chilean and Atralian w.