TAT prepares new phase of subsidies

Women walk along a bridge across a river as a raft of tourists play in water along Hat Pha Tao, a freshwater beach in Uttaradit's Tha Pla district. The fifth phase of "We Travel Together" will continue to offer a 40% subsidy on hotel rooms to domestic tourists. (Photo: Sarot Meksophawannakul)

The new phase of the domestic tourism subsidy programme is being drafted with an additional 3-4 million hotel rooms, double the number in the fourth phase, which is scheduled to end this month, as the government aims to push GDP growth to 3.3% this year.

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the upcoming fifth phase of "We Travel Together" will continue to offer a 40% subsidy on hotel rooms to domestic tourists, along with a voucher worth 600 baht per night for food and shopping.