Foot and body massages are proving to be a draw for visitors to Taiwan,
especially Japanese and Korean tourists.
More than four hundred thousand tourists collectively spend NT$200 million a year on massages,
according to Tourism Bureau statistics.
A forty minute session starts at NT$450,
so the combination of price and technique
has made massages a must-do when tourists visit the country.

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Squealing as the masseuse finds a sore spot on her foot,
this Japanese woman is one of the one thousand tourists
the Tourism Bureau invited to participate in a massive massage event,
an attempt to break the world record for most number of people getting their feet massaged at the same time.

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Pain or pleasure, it's kind of difficult to tell,
but four hundred thousand Japanese and Korean tourist spend NT$400 million a year on foot and body massages in Taiwan every year,
according to the Tourism Bureau.
In Taipei, there are spas on nearly every street corner and even though some of their signs don't have English on them,
there is always Japanese and even Korean sometimes.

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¡§These massages are 40 minutes long,
so if you¡¦re tired from shopping or working all day,
you can come here and feel totally refreshed and
be in and out in less than an hour.

Michella Jade Weng, Formosa TV, Taipei.¡¨