Cabinet approves revised hotel subsidy

The cabinet yesterday approved a revised subsidy scheme to stimulate domestic tourism, expecting 112,000 eligible people to exercise their rights and generate 12.5 billion baht worth of spending.

According to Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, the cabinet agreed to a fifth phase of the “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) hotel subsidy campaign worth 3.95 billion baht to promote domestic tourism, as proposed by the ministry.

Of the total budget, 2.01 billion baht is allocated for the fifth phase of the campaign to promote domestic tourism for a total of 560,000 rooms.

Another 1.93 billion baht goes to stimulate overseas and domestic tourism activities, aiming to help revitalise the economy.

The We Travel Together hotel subsidy scheme was launched in July…