Travel packages can now be booked under ‘Tour Tiew Thai’ campaign
The government’s “Tour Tiew Thai” co-payment campaign that had opened for registration since May last year has added a new category to help people select packaged tours that suit their needs.
“Registrants at www.ทัวร์เที่ยวไทย.ไทย will find there are three types of packaged tours to choose from – Platinum for high-price packages, Gold for medium prices and Silver for economic package tours,” deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said on Wednesday.
The Tour Tiew Thai co-payment scheme will see the government covering up to 40 per cent of tour costs for a maximum of 200,000 people. The subsidy is capped at Bt5,000 per trip.
To be eligible, people must purchase a tour package of up to 12,000 baht from selected tourist agencies and the packages must be for at least two nights.
Registrant must be Thai nationals aged over 18. However, the benefits under the Tour Tiew Thai campaign cannot be used in conjunction with benefits from the “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) campaign.
Tour Tiew Thai has seen an underwhelming response, with only around 32,000 registrants as of February 9, prompting the government to extend the deadline of the campaign from February 2022 to May 2022 and add the new package-tour category.