Thanks for your comments. 😊
"sex pat business" or "a week ensconced in a 5 star resort with a spa" - neither of these options interest me at all 😞
I enjoy my long months in my wife's village, deep in Isaan. She has a large house which we have improved over the years. Once in a while, we have visitors, but rarely foreigners. I enjoy that too. And the regular drives to the nearby markets and rather quiet little cities are relaxing enough. Once in a while, I let myself get dragged along to one of the numerous temples around, that's OK with me, I'm enough of a Buddhist for that.
All in all, it's rather nice and relaxing, but certainly that has nothing to do with mainstream tourism!
When I put a tourist cap on my head and start doing some research online, lots of places interest me : Turkey, India, Nepal, Mexico, Brasil, Guatemala, Georgia, Rumania, Poland, Japan and so on. Thailand? Not so much anymore, I'm afraid!