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Linked to the
health-and-holiday concept is the promotion of
long-stay visitors, with is mainly targeted at
getting retirees from countries that have harsh
winters and a higher cost of living to stay for
extended periods in Thailand, where it is both
warmer and less expensive.
Thailand owes
much of its international popularity to the
remarkable variety of its natural attractions.
On offer is a tremendous choice of settings –
blissful beaches and islands, rugged hills and
jungles, teaming rivers and waterfalls.
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Now a related product
of this diverse environment, the
country's rich natural healing
heritage has started to attract a
new generation of discerning
tourists. With the increasing
international popularity of health
centred holidays, Thailand is
pushing to the fore its world-renowned
traditional massage, herbal steam
baths, healing arts,
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meditation,
aromatherapy, yoga, acupuncture,
cookery and beauty treatments, as
will as an ever-expanding selection
of world-class spas.
Longer stays are the order of the
day as visitors seek not just to
experience these healthy ways
fleetingly but to absorb maximum
benefits over an extended period,
while at the same time experiencing
the country's history and culture at
a deeper level. Once the process of
rejuvenation and enlightenment
starts to bear fruit, the logic of
making this choice becomes
beautifully apparent and quite
irresistible.
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What
to do during your long-stay in Thailand
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Enjoy the healthy Thai food and learn
the art of Thai cooking
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Enjoy the benefits of traditional Thai
massage or learn the techniques for
yourself at numerous resorts and spas,
as well as the famous Wat Po in
Bangkok
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Enjoy traditional Thai healing in the
form of a herbal steam bath designed
to improve circulation, reduce stress
and muscle fatigue, enhance the
respiratory system, ease allergies and
cure skin ailments.
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Meditate your way to health and
happiness.
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Rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit
in a distinctively Thai atmosphere at
the finest of spas
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Take up yoga and achieve harmony of
mine, body and spirit
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Experience the rejuvenating power of
the 4,000 -year-old Chinese art of
acupuncture, a technique that awakens
the body's self-healing responses and
restores the balance of yin and yang.
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Experience the holistic healing power
of aromatherapy and wave good-bye to
negative energies and depression.
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Pamper yourself with all kinds of
beauty treatments, modern and
traditional, at amazing Thai prices.
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Learn the Thai language for a better
understanding of the country and its
people, so making your long-stay more
fun and meaningful.
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Suggested
programmes
HEALTH &
ADVENTURE
Day
1: By road to Chachoengsao to
pay homage to the revered Luang Pho Sothon
Buddha image at Wat Sothon Wararam Worawihan.
Visit Wat Pho Bangkhla to see the fruit bats
living there. After lunch, by road to Prachin
Buri for inspection of Phraya Abhaibhubet
Hospital's facilities. Dinner and overnight at
Prachin Buri.
Day
2 : Spent the whole day taking
part in the various health programmes or enjoy
Thai massage and herbal sauna facilities at
Phraya Abhaibhubet Hospital . Dinner and
overnight in Prachin Buri.
Day
3 : Depart for Sa Kaeo, stopping
to buy silk items at Kabin Buri. Lunch at
Aranyaprathet on Cambodian border, followed by
shopping at Rong Kreua market. On to Nakhon
Nayok. Dinner and overnight at Chulachomklao
Royal Military Academy.
Day
4 : Briefing and visit to
academy's museum. Enjoy a orning of activities
from tower parachute jumps to biking, canoeing
and swimming. Lunch at the clubhouse. Depart for
Bangkok
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TRIPS
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