TAT offers free holidays to Covid-19 heroes

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TAT offers free holidays to Covid-19 heroes

By The Nation

 

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a “Holiday for Heroes” project to pay back medical personnel for their work on Covid-19 frontline.

 

The project is comprised of gift schemes, free trips and many special privileges, which will not just provide opportunities to tourism operators, but will also serve as an award for doctors, nurses and other medical staff who have worked hard looking after Covid-19 patients.

 

TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the project aims to show gratitude and provide medical personnel in both public and private sectors a chance to take a break after having worked hard over the past several months.

 

The project is divided into four programmes: Free transportation and hotel for 5,000 personnel picked randomly from people who have registered on the website; discounts and vouchers for various items; special gifts that the public can send to their “heroes”; and free gifts from business operators who want to sponsor these heroes. The scheme lasts until the end of August.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30391834

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Corruption and this time now a front hander instead of a backhander.  Well if that's the case then lets just give the good general and all of his friends free reign to build private retirement resorts for themselves where others are having to tear them down now all of the private lands. Lets just give away what they are not giving to those who are unemployed, makes sense to me....keep up the gap by spreading it more.  Of course there will be those that say that the Government is already giving discounts for travel to the countries citizens.  Well just how many can actually partake as they have no money.

[brain150]

With a total of 3,000 cases that's about 3 per hospital [... about 1,000 hospitals in the country]

 

Surely the fought very hard against what exactly ???

There was nothing to fight because there were no cases !

 

But surely a good idea to show that working for the Governments has benefits what ever happens !!!

.... sounds very Socialist - works all the time !!!

[brianthainess]

Before you all start slagging this off, my wife is a medical volunteer (and a trash hero) they went to every body's homes and shacks up dirt tracks, advising people how to avoid covid and to stay fit, all through this she kept her small business going, even sewing masks for "the Govt." she was paid 10 baht to make 12 !! which were given away free. They will be going away for ONE night to Chanthaburi from Koh Chang that has remained virus free. They will get 2,000 baht each sharing rooms, she thoroughly deserves this small break away with friends, how could anyone begrudge her that or the hotel an income. Good luck to her, and well done helping to keep our village community free of covid. ???????? 

[brianthainess]

16 hours ago, brain150 said:

With a total of 3,000 cases that's about 3 per hospital [... about 1,000 hospitals in the country]

 

Surely the fought very hard against what exactly ???

There was nothing to fight because there were no cases !

 

But surely a good idea to show that working for the Governments has benefits what ever happens !!!

.... sounds very Socialist - works all the time !!!

Maybe about 3 per hospital because of all the effort some put in to prevent the spread of covid. read my post  and maybe you might understand.