PUBLISHED: 11 Aug 2024 at 14: 34
Srettha Thavisin, the prime minister, praised Phuket’s many Muay Thai boxing camps for promoting the country’s internationally acclaimed sweet power, attracting visitors for extended stays, and distributing money.
The prime minister claimed on his Instagram page that Phuket had about 300 Muay Thai shelters of various sizes on Sunday. He mentioned” Muay Thai Village” on Soi Ta-iad Road in tambon Chalong in Muang region, home to tens of Muay Thai boxing institutions.
With more than 100 Muay Thai instructors and over 80, 000 participants in its classes over the course of the previous year, Mr. Srettha wrote, Tiger Muay Thai has the largest Muay Thai training station on Soi Ta-iad.
” There are 12 venues for competitors. What kind of economic activity is this boxing club support? in his Instagram post, the excellent secretary asked.
According to Mr Srettha, the tents pleasant Muay Thai fans and foreign people, including young children, who enjoy learning the martial arts with their kids. Trainees spend extended periods of time in Phuket Island, where courses last for 15 to 15 days, which helps the government make tourism-related income in exchange for their infrastructure investments.
” Soi Ta-iad used to be a road of rubber plantations. Locals have turned them into hotels, eateries, shops and laundries and the grassroots businesses distribute income in communities”, Mr Srettha said.
He claimed that students purchased Muay Thai-related goods and shared their training routines and bouts on social media, encouraging other students to do so.
The prime minister claimed that former Muay Thai champions ‘ careers extended beyond their professional careers, and that they were able to make 2, 000 baht per hour from their training at these camps.