Cabinet boosts weekday tourism vouchers to Bt900/night

By The Nation

 

 

The Cabinet today agreed to improve the “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) domestic tourism scheme by increasing the value of weekday accommodation vouchers from Bt600 to Bt900 per day, to encourage travel between Monday and Thursday.

 

It also decided to boost the remedial effects of the scheme by including One Tambon One Product (OTOP) items on the list covered by food vouchers. The vouchers offer 40 per cent discounts on purchases of up to Bt600 per day.

 

The increases would not raise the scheme’s budget limit of Bt20 billion, said deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul.

 

The Cabinet has also agreed to expand the scope of accommodation operators that can participate in the project to those whose licence expired before January 1 but have already applied for licence renewal, operators whose licence expired since January 1, and others within the tax system.

 

Meanwhile, PM Prayut Chan-o-cha said he had ordered relevant agencies to check whether hotels were raising their room rates to take advantage of the scheme and to blacklist wrongdoers. He was responding to reports that many hotels are price gouging.

 

“I noticed that a small hotel [in the scheme] has increased its room rate from Bt600 to Bt900,” said Prayut. “If anyone increases the price, they will be blacklisted. All businesses must help each other. If we do not do well, hotels and your own business will not benefit. We should be honest with each other. The government needs to manage a large number of people in many other sectors as well.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30391712

 

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Its open to Thai nationals, is it possible for someones spouse/partner to book for the family, or will the hotel declare it void if a foreigner turns up with his/her family?

I was thinking the same

That is the 64.000 baht question!

and  hotels increase their  prices by 1000 baht a night?

6 hours ago, webfact said:

We should be honest with each other.

A bit rich isnt it!!

1 hour ago, sungod said:

Its open to Thai nationals, is it possible for someones spouse/partner to book for the family, or will the hotel declare it void if a foreigner turns up with his/her family?

Book it in a thai name

1 hour ago, Almer said:

Book it in a thai name

Yes, got that bit, but what about when ole whitey turns up to check in?

22 hours ago, sungod said:

Yes, got that bit, but what about when ole whitey turns up to check in?

Get out in the sun a bit quick