Well 25 years ago,
Thailand was very appealing
Cheap flights
Chilling on the beach all day and beach huts were 100 baht a night or less
Movies playing in the restaurants while having a beer and some pad thai
Not a mobile phone in sight
Sat on the beach istening to bad guitar's until 5am or all night at the full moon party.
It's not just Thailand that's changed
If I was in my twenties now I don't think Thailand you be as appealing as it once was and I would be looking at many other countries to visit.
My nephews in the UK said they heard Thailand was "Nice"
Now that's not what I heard before I first visited in 1997