INTRODUCTION
The First National Recreation Development Plan was completed in 2011, while the Bureau of Recreation Development and Promotion reported that plan was unsuccessful especially in strategy for establishes recreation workers to be professional. The recreation professional became aware of academician in field because there are still missing the framework of recreation professional including in the national recreation plan, however they announced the second plan to continue that strategy (Public Hearing in the 2nd National Recreation Development Plans, 2011).
Standards today this is more important than before because globalization has connected the west with the east and trends are happening faster than before. Especially Thailand is preparing to be One Community in ASEAN 2015, moreover there is an increasing need in recreational services (Kraus, 1984), these are expanding rapidly because the demographics of today. People have more free time and unemployment rate rises (Employment Promotion Devision, 2010).
The professional standards in developed country is poor and not significant to the public, during the past two decades a considerable amount of research has focused on professional standards broadly but does not appear in the recreation field. The purpose of this study was to find out the professional standards for recreation worker in Thailand to achieve and succeed in their career path and be recognized in society.