4.56 million people register for We Travel Together campaign

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4.56 million people register for We Travel Together campaign

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - More than 4.56 million people have registered for the government’s latest tourism stimulus campaign known as Rao Tiew Duay Kan (We Travel Together) since July 15.

 

Mr Lavaron Sangsnit, Director General of the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO), as a spokesman of the Ministry of Finance, said today that the Ministry of Finance has been sending confirmation SMSs to those who successfully registered.

 

Since July 18, more than 236,000 rooms have been reserved. Each applicant can reserve up to five rooms for five nights. More than 193,000 rooms have already been paid for.

 

Since the start of the long weekend, people have been traveling to the destinations where their hotel rooms were booked. More than 21,300 rooms under the campaign have been checked into and more than 6,200 rooms were checked out of.

 

The government has offered eligible applicants a 40-percent discount on rooms limited to a maximum 3,000 baht per room per night. When tourists travel by air, the government will refund 40 percent of the ticket price, but no more than 1,000 baht per seat. The refund will be made via the Pao Tang application. The campaign also offers a digital coupon or an e-voucher worth 600 baht per day, to be spent on food and entrance fees for participating tourist attractions.

 

To stimulate tourism during the week, the government has increased the value of weekday accommodation vouchers from 600 baht to 900 baht per day, to encourage travel on those days.

 

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[NCC1701A]

I think all the Thai people who don't work in the tourist industry are like "thank god all those farangs are gone. We can walk on the beach now without having to look at the Soviet people's oil platform workers wife." 

[fceligoj]

Yes, you would think if the price were right a significantly larger number of rooms would have been reserved already, but many of the hotel have adjusted their prices up or reduced the freebees like free breakfast so not many Thai are making reservations.  I guess the hotels think the Thais that are wealthy enough to go on these short holidays are buffaloes.  Think not!

 

For example, the Intercontinental Hotel in Pattaya has a special rate of 3,900++ per night with free breakfast.  So, that would translate that the hotel guests would only pay 2340++ per night.  Of course, that rate is not available under the government program "Let's Travel Together".  The minimum rate is 4500++ (or was it 5400++) no breakfast or to the guest 2700++ (or maybe 3240++) and if wanting breakfast I think breakfast turns out to be over 1000++ baht!

 

A few of the recognized 5-star hotels in Thailand have their own 50% off rate per night until 31 August.  After seeing that the JW Marriott was one of the hotels, it finally disappeared of the list.  Guess all those discounted rooms were gone!

[Bender Rodriguez]

same same as always, increase price first and than give a (fake) discount ... not for me anyway, the mass sheeple tourism

[MRToMRT]

Who would want to be tax payer anywhere in the world next year. Everything will have to be paid for in the end. 

[mr mr]

14 hours ago, MRToMRT said:

Who would want to be tax payer anywhere in the world next year. Everything will have to be paid for in the end. 

check bin kap.