Fraud charges taint travel scheme
Tourism campaign sees discrepancies
The unusual redemption rate for the tourism stimulus campaign has alarmed the government, leading to inspections of ongoing transactions, even as another 1 million room nights are added to the system as planned on Dec 16.
Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, the Tourism and Sports Minister, said the ministry received a number of complaints about fraud in the “We Travel Together” scheme that started on July 18 and offered 5 million hotel room nights.
On Dec 9, the real-time tracking system on the website showed 225,922 room nights were left, with 1.68 million air…
