THE RECREATION PROFESSIONAL IN THAILAND

Thailand is preparing for One ASEAN One Community in 2015. There are many plans to provide professional standards for Recreational Professions. These are being rapidly discussed as 2015 draws near. The standards of competencies for recreation societies and recreation professionals have become a focus. These are widely being discussed within the bounds of The Recreation National development plan 2007, the objective of this plan is to establish standards for recreation professionals, who promote that recreation be a part of everyday of life and educate the general public about this. The present status is now no recreational workers or professionals have been informed or taught to follow The Recreation National development plan 2007. This has led to misunderstanding in recreation philosophy and cooperation from both private sector and government sector. The aim of this study was to develop the standards of recreation profession (s) in Thailand with Delphi technique. It was a powerful tool for investigation the future trends by gathering expert ideas. These ideas will help establish professional standards for recreation, they will also define outcomes of what recreation professional can do and able to do.