BANGKOK (NNT) - The government’s We Travel Together campaign has received another extension, allowing Thai nationals to subsidize their hotel stays and travel expenses when traveling domestically. The government expects this latest extension to generate some 12 billion baht in cash flow.

 

Members of the Cabinet today in a weekly meeting approved the extension of the We Travel Together campaign, which provides subsidies for eligible hotel stays in an effort to promote domestic tourism.

 

First introduced to help the tourism sector that had been severely affected by the pandemic, the campaign provides each participant a subsidy for eligible hotel stays, along with coupons and discounts for other spending activities.

 

The 2023 extension of this campaign will provide a 40% subsidy with a 3,000 baht cap per night per room for eligible hotel stays for up to 5 nights per person, half the amount of nights available in the previous campaign run.

 

Guests leveraging this offer will be offered 600 baht per person per night e-coupons, which they can use to pay for up to 40% of the payable amount at participating venues. A total of 560,000 e-coupons will be provided through this round of the campaign.

 

Unlike in the previous phases, the cash rebate for airplane tickets will not be offered this time around.

 

The government anticipates this campaign run will help generate 12.54 billion baht cash flow in the national economy.

 

Alongside this campaign, members of the Cabinet today approved a 1.93 billion baht tourism and economy promotion campaign that aims to attract international visitors by presenting the country’s soft power through digital marketing platforms and other activities.

 

It also aims to promote domestic travel through marketing and communications campaigns under the theme "Amazing Thailand, Amazing New Chapters," together with the upgrade of local products that promote tourism.

 

This promotional campaign will run from February to September this year, covering major holidays like Songkran festival and long weekends from May through August.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230125102528238

 

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I don't understand.. There is no new money floating into the country, but only from one place to another..... Besides, live is getting more expensive, too many holidays, too much householddebts...The latter is even worse for the economy as we all know that many can and will not pay their debts off....Invest in proper salarysystem, educate people to handle their earnings, and stop with pushing people further in poverty

From the 'Accor' hotel booking site:

 

More information

Make the most of your holiday with 15% off your stay. Thai residents registered in the Rao Tiew Duay Gun (We Travel Together) benefit from an additional 40% saving.

To benefit from the We Travel Together program, registered residents should;
1. Select and book the ‘We Travel Together’ rate at a participating hotel.
2. Provide Thai ID number in ‘Comments’ field in your booking.
3. Your hotel will register the booking in the program.
4. 40% subsidy will be deducted from the rate.
5. You pay via G-Wallet in Pao Tung application.

 

Expat 'pink ID' ... hmm

Wonder what happens when you show up with your wife, GF, is it voided ???

 

Anyone use yet, the other 4 phases of the program.

 

9 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

I don't understand.. There is no new money floating into the country, but only from one place to another....

Narrow minded falang thinking.

The scheme puts money into the economy that would normally sit dormant. The scheme was never intended to benefit individuals but business in the tourist industry. In any business, turnover is the life blood.

So far under the scheme I have had 17 nights in places I wouldn't have normally visited.

3 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Narrow minded falang thinking.

The scheme puts money into the economy that would normally sit dormant. The scheme was never intended to benefit individuals but business in the tourist industry. In any business, turnover is the life blood.

So far under the scheme I have had 17 nights in places I wouldn't have normally visited.

 

 

+1

 

It has been a good success and during Covid times kept many businesses afloat that might otherwise have gone under.

 

Credit where credit is due, the government got this one pretty much right.

Edited January 26, 20233 yr by hotandsticky

2 hours ago, sandyf said:

Narrow minded falang thinking.

The scheme puts money into the economy that would normally sit dormant. The scheme was never intended to benefit individuals but business in the tourist industry. In any business, turnover is the life blood.

So far under the scheme I have had 17 nights in places I wouldn't have normally visited.

Thank you... so no need for tourists from other countries than....

8 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Thank you... so no need for tourists from other countries than....

Why do people keep on digging?

The scheme had absolutely nothing to do with foreign tourists so why the compulsion to bring irrelevant factors into play, probably a sense of self importance.

11 hours ago, KhunLA said:

From the 'Accor' hotel booking site:

 

More information

Make the most of your holiday with 15% off your stay. Thai residents registered in the Rao Tiew Duay Gun (We Travel Together) benefit from an additional 40% saving.

To benefit from the We Travel Together program, registered residents should;
1. Select and book the ‘We Travel Together’ rate at a participating hotel.
2. Provide Thai ID number in ‘Comments’ field in your booking.
3. Your hotel will register the booking in the program.
4. 40% subsidy will be deducted from the rate.
5. You pay via G-Wallet in Pao Tung application.

 

Expat 'pink ID' ... hmm

Wonder what happens when you show up with your wife, GF, is it voided ???

 

Anyone use yet, the other 4 phases of the program.

 

You should do the homework.

 

Conditions for participation in the public sector project

• being a person of Thai nationality have an identity card
• Be at least 18 years of age on the date of registration.

https://www.xn--12c1bik6bbd8ab6hd1b5jc6jta.com/information

16 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Why do people keep on digging?

The scheme had absolutely nothing to do with foreign tourists so why the compulsion to bring irrelevant factors into play, probably a sense of self importance.

Indeed. 

Save your breath.

Some don't get it....nor ever will. 

43 minutes ago, sandyf said:

You should do the homework.

 

Conditions for participation in the public sector project

• being a person of Thai nationality have an identity card
• Be at least 18 years of age on the date of registration.

https://www.xn--12c1bik6bbd8ab6hd1b5jc6jta.com/information

I guess I'll just tag along with the wife, although she'll need to register her own Accor account now.

2 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Indeed. 

Save your breath.

Some don't get it....nor ever will. 

indeed... as you show

14 hours ago, KhunLA said:

I guess I'll just tag along with the wife, although she'll need to register her own Accor account now.

What I have been doing since it first started.