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Sentiment wanes on subsidy freeze

Visitors take pictures with their mobile phones as they wander through a field of yellow Mexican Aster flowers in Lop Buri’s Muang district on Nov 29, 2020. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The delay of 1 million room nights for the stimulus campaign because of fraudulent actions has slowed tourism sentiment during the New Year season, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said travellers who wanted to use the government subsidy for their New Year holiday may miss out, as the extension of the stimulus campaign was postponed until an investigation is completed.

Representatives from the Tourism and Sports Ministry and the TAT filed a complaint with the Royal Thai Police Office, urging the bureau to investigate unusual transactions in “We Travel Together” campaign that…

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