by Lers Thisayakorn

Created on: March 27, 2008

Massage parlors in Thailand

Massage in Thailand had its origin many years back in the palace. It was an indulgence for the senior royal members to enjoy a physical relaxation through the rubbing of the body by the young. The practice was later developed into a kind of healing for many ailments.

Modern massage in Thailand started a decade after the 2nd world war. With the increasing trades with Japan, Thailand learned to offer the Japanese style public bathing service to the ever increasing number of Japanese tourists and expatriates in Bangkok. Massage parlor or the so called Turkish bath at that time sprung up everywhere along the New Petchburi road in the early 60s. It was counted about 150 parlors along the few miles stretch of New Petchburi road at that time. This did not even include a few hundreds or so others parlors scattered around Bangkok metropolis such as the widely known Pat - Pong in Silom road and soi Texas in Sukhumvit area.

However, the name of the establishment did not actually reflect the work it supposes to render. All the massage parlors provide some type of sexual services in additional to the massage they do. Almost all customers are males of ages from 14-65. A typical standard service lasted from 2 to 3 hours. It started with a girl of your choice to give you a bath, follow with a body massage and sexual activities. The cost was from a mere US$ 0.50 to US$ 5.00 per hour depending on the type of decoration and facility of the various places then.

This type of massage parlors have evolved and upgraded into providing a full sexual service today. The charge has also gone up substantially to around US$ 50 to 100 for a two hours service session. Yet the core service remains the same. It starts with a girl of your choice to give you a bath, follow with a body massage and sexual activities.

There is also another type of massage known as Thai traditional massage in the market. It had never been attractive for a few reasons. First among them is there is seldom any sexual activities involved in this kind of massage. The second reason is all the masseuses are mature women of ages more than 35. Some of them are between 45-50 years old with over weight. Another reason is most of the places providing the services are old and sometimes unclean or unhygienic.

But with the influx of western tourists in the recent decades, traditional massage has become very popular among them. There has been a swift change in this category of massage service. New establishments

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