The government agreed on Friday to extend two travel packages to the end of September, to further encourage people to go on holiday and help the ailing tourism sector.
The decision was reached at a meeting of the Centre for Economic Situation Administration chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said after the meeting that the government decided to add one million more room rights to We Travel Together, a hotel subsidy programme, and extend it from the end of this month to the end of September.
The present phase of the scheme offered two…