YeinJee's Asian Journal » Taiwan Tourism Bureau http://yeinjee.com Popular blog on Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, otaku, trends, traditions, pictures, videos, and offbeat stuff. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:52:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 World record for simultaneous foot massage http://yeinjee.com/2008/world-record-for-simultaneous-foot-massage/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/world-record-for-simultaneous-foot-massage/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:17:01 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=771 2016 participants (1008 reflexologists and 1008 tourists) have set a new Guinness World Record in Taiwan on July 1 for having “most people receiving foot massage (reflexology) simultaneously.”

Tourists who volunteered for the event came from various countries, including Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong etc.

World record for most people receiving foot massage (reflexology) simultaneously in Taiwan
The world record attempt at Taipei Arena, Taiwan (Image from Huaxia)

The attempt was organised by Taiwan Tourism Bureau to promote health tourism Reflexology is a popular practice in Taiwan for relaxation and improving general health; the activity is gaining popularity among foreign tourists in recent years.

There were no previous attempts made on this category; Guinness have set the requirement to have at least 400 participants with treatment for at least five minutes on each foot… which were met by the folks without much sweat.

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