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All 560,000 rooms under subsidy scheme booked

Visitors enjoy time on a beach in Pattaya, Chon Buri, on Feb 22, 2023. (File photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)

All of 560,000 room nights in the government’s hotel subsidy programme for domestic tourists were booked within four days, while the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said it might ask the new government to continue this scheme.

The fifth phase of the “We Travel Together” programme, which provides domestic tourists with a 40% subsidy on hotel rooms, was open for booking on Tuesday, as the eligible travel period runs until April 30 this year.

By 11am on Friday, the “We Travel Together” website showed that the privilege was no longer available.

TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said on Friday that if tourists and tourism…

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