The Thai Cabinet on March 23 approvedthe third-phase extension of the tourism stimulus package until the end ofJuly. This package will ensure a maximum of 2 million hotel rooms, compared to1 million hotel rooms provided in the first two phases, for domestic travellers.
The"We Travel Together" programme was launched in 2020 to stimulatedomestic travel so as to revive the country’s pandemic-hit sector.
Meanwhile,under the parallel Thailand Travels campaign, a Thai national, aged 18 yearsand older, may apply for a maximum of 5,000 THB (about 161 USD) from thegovernment to spend on a domestic trip.
Thefunding for this campaign will be managed by country’s travel firms. About 300travel companies have offered to join the campaign scheduled for July./.
VNA