Govt’s tourism package nears target in less than 15 days
As of 9pm Wednesday (July 29), 4.65 million people had registered for the “Rao Tiew Duay Gun” (We Travel Together) government stimulus package since it was launched on July 15.
So far, 285,530 hotel rooms have been booked and 282,409 paid for in advance, while 55,177 persons had checked in and 50,605 checked out of hotels under the scheme.
The Rao Tiew Duay Gun campaign offers 40 per cent discount on hotel rooms for no longer than five nights to 5 million travellers. The campaign will run from July to October.
So far, 6,684 hotels, 58,744 restaurants and 1,590 attractions are participating.
