Tourism for all: Voucher applications open, the criteria for cheaper holidays
The time is counting down for the opening of the platform for the “Tourism for All 2024” program, which opens tomorrow March 14, which for the first time includes a voucher that can reach up to 400 euros.
All potential beneficiaries who meet the criteria have the right to submit applications to the platform until Monday, April 1, 23:59. Beneficiaries can issue an immaterial digital debit card, which they will use for their stay at any hotel or accommodation in the country they choose.
The new Program of the Ministry of Tourism, implemented with the support of the Information Society, in collaboration with the Ministries of Digital Governance, National Economy and Finance, aims to immediately strengthen the domestic tourism activity by covering a significant part of the accommodation costs of the beneficiaries.
Beneficiaries and criteria
The Program, which is the upgraded digital version of the “Tourism for All 2022” Program, provides for:
• Increased subsidy of €200 per beneficiary (from €150 provided for in the previous Program),
• An amount of €300 to natural persons:
– unmarried or widowed with dependent children, based on the last cleared when submitting the 2022 Personal Income Tax Declaration application,
– married or parties to a cohabitation agreement with three or more protected children, based on the last cleared when submitting the application for a joint or separate Personal Income Tax Return 2022. It is noted that invoking the existence of the above number of children in order to receive the increased support is possible once .
– Retirees of all Funds with a final decision to award a pension due to old age until 31.12.2022, who meet the conditions defined in the relevant Joint Ministerial Decision and invitation.
• Special provision for a higher subsidy of €400 for PWDs with a disability of 67% or more and beneficiaries with PWD children with a disability of 67% or more.
• Contactless payment and redemption of the amount of the digital debit card, at any accommodation provider (hotels, accommodation, etc.) and at any destination in the country, without geographical restrictions.
• Immediate reimbursement of providers, which puts an end to waiting and time-consuming bureaucratic procedures.
• Consumption of the amount in one go or in installments until December 2024, in order to support the choice of vacations outside the peak tourist season.
*Those selected as beneficiaries under the “Social Tourism 2024” Program of the D.Y.P.A. cannot take part in the new Program. – regardless of whether or not they made use of the provision – as well as the winners of the “Tourism for All 2022” Program, regardless of whether or not they made use of the provision.
For more and more detailed information, you can consult the “Frequently Asked Questions” on the application website.
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