Vittaya Yoondorn
Pattaya City Hall is helping recruit the next
generation of Thai massage therapists.
Invited by city officials, Thai Traditional Medicine
Institution director, Thayida Thaithaworn, led a Feb. 9 seminar for
women interested in training to become masseuses that covered the
general principles behind massage therapy and enrollment in her
Nonthaburi school.
Thai Traditional Medicine
Institution director, Thayida Thaithaworn.
While Thai massage shops seem to dot every street and
alley in Pattaya, many who work there have not received proper training.
The aim of the city hall workshop was to improve the quality and
standard of traditional health services in Thailand by recruiting women
who wish to train in Bangkok for three years to learn proper technique.
Many of the women who attended seemed enthused at the
possibility of a new career and professional certification and walked
away with certificates announcing their intention to engage in their new
profession.
