Domestic co-payment incentive comes under scrutiny

The government's domestic tourism stimulus campaign has come under heavy criticism in parliament, with the opposition blasting the scheme as ineffective due to frequent technical failures, low public engagement and high potential for fraud.

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At a House session yesterday, Somchart Techathavorncharoen, a People's Party MP for Phuket, grilled Tourism and Sports Minister, Sorawong Thienthong, over the Khon La Khrueng scheme's lacklustre performance.

The scheme received 1.75 billion baht in funding from the central government's 157-billion-baht economic stimulus fund. It offers Thai citizens co-payments on bookings for domestic hotel stays and holiday packages in a bid to revive the flagging tourism sector.