Senior travellers targeted in Bt18bn stimulus scheme
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports will next week ask the Cabinet to approve its tourism stimulus scheme for seniors.
“Tiew Thai Wai Kao” (Seniors Travel in Thailand) is designed to boost tourism among retirees during working days, minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn explained on Thursday. The programme will boost the whole tourism sector, adding jobs across the country, he said.
Eligible for the scheme are seniors aged 55 to 75 who arrange trips through registered travel agencies. They will get a government subsidy of up to Bt5,000 per person if their trip is more than three days.
The scheme will generate about one million trips in Thailand, injecting around Bt18.85 billion into the economy, said Phiphat. Up to 100,000 guides will also be hired to facilitate seniors’ travel, he added.
