The authorities plans to cut the price range for its tour bundle subsidy scheme, which acquired a lukewarm reception among Thais. According to a Bangkok Post report, the Tourism & Sports Ministry will also reduce the number of tour packages out there from 1 million to 200,000. Tourism minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn admits the Tour Teaw Thai scheme hasn’t really had the specified results.
“After three months of implementation, the measure has proved ineffective in driving domestic trips or serving tourists’ demand as very few packages had been offered.”
ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ที่ไหนดี acknowledges that Thai vacationers normally choose to travel independently with family and friends as opposed to availing of excursions. He says this is significantly true throughout a pandemic, as individuals need to keep away from travelling with massive groups of strangers.
Despite the cuts to both the budget and packages on provide, the ministry nonetheless plans to continue operating Tour Teaw Thai and to extend it from January 31 to April 30 if the 200,000 packages are used up. Meanwhile, Thanapol Cheewarattanaporn from the Association of Domestic Travel has known as for the regulations and approval course of to be simplified. He additionally needs the federal government to do extra to promote the scheme among Thai citizens.
The Bangkok Post reports that since January 17, only 27,277 packages have been offered. Around 18,650 vacationers have availed of the scheme since registration opened in October last yr. Of the 213 million baht spending generated by the scheme, eighty two.4 million got here from the government, with the remaining coming from domestic tourists.
Meanwhile, the federal government plans to continue its lodge and airline subsidy scheme, We Travel Together, submitting a part 4 proposal for Cabinet approval. Phase 4 is expected to start in February and run until September. Phiphat says he expects the extra 2 million room nights under the scheme to be totally booked by April, as a outcome of Songkran holiday..