Tourism for All 2024 Government: When will tourism be opened to all?

A few days from today, approx mid march, It is expected to open “Tourism for All” program platform. Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni also told APE-MPE. He explained that technical reasons unrelated to the Ministry of Tourism did not allow it to open early.

The Ministry of Tourism announced Increased amounts, changes in standards, and new features for the new program cycleWhich the interested parties must know to know whether they are beneficiaries or not.

The program aims to boost domestic tourism demand for the year 2024, with a total budget of €25,694,539.89 and ends on 12/31/2024, and features new features and enhanced social standards.

Tourism for All 2024 – Amounts, criteria and beneficiaries

the Tourism for All 2024 It expired on December 31, 2024 and now new features have been provided regarding amounts, criteria and beneficiaries. especially:

• Increase in income standard for all by 3,000 euros compared to 2022-2023,
• Increase in amount In the general category from 150 euros to 200 euros for all,
• age New categories of special social groups Who will receive a grant of €300: pensioners from all funds, married or cohabiting people with three or more children, single people and widows with protected children,
• Double the grant For our fellow citizens with disabilities or who have disabled children, from 200 euros to 400 euros.

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Tourism for All 2024 – km

In particular, through the programme, after submitting the online application and selecting by lottery, financial facilities are granted as follows:

• An amount of two hundred (200) euros for natural persons who meet the income criteria,
• An amount of three hundred (300) euros for natural persons:

– Not married or widowed with dependent children, based on the last declaration cleared when filing for the 2022 personal income tax return,

– Married or party to a cohabitation agreement with three or more protected children, based on the last clearance when submitting a joint or separate personal income tax return for the year 2022. It is noted that it is possible to invoke the presence of the above-mentioned number of children in order to obtain the increased support at once.

– Retirees of all funds for whom a final decision has been issued to grant an old-age pension until 12/31/2022 and who meet the conditions stipulated in Article 2.

· An amount of four hundred (400) eurosEspecially for disabled people with a valid decision with a total disability rate of 67% or more when submitting the application, as well as for beneficiaries who have disabled children with a valid decision with a total disability rate of 67% or more when submitting the application. The application is submitted in accordance with the procedures stipulated in Article 5. It should be noted that invoking the status of a disabled person is possible once, either by the requested person with a disability, or by the applicant who has a disabled child, and who meets the conditions specified in Article 2 .

· in case A beneficiary who meets the conditions of more than one of the categories mentioned abovethe request is classified in the category with the maximum support amount.

· The above mentioned amounts belong exclusively to the beneficiary and do not increase in the case of dependent members.

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Tourism for All 2024 – Standards

The income criteria everyone must apply for are set out as follows:

Individual (natural persons, unmarried or widowed)

Without children: 19,000

With one child: 20,500

With two children: 22,000

With 3 children: 24,000

With more children: 29,000

Family (marriage and civil partnerships)

Without children: 31,000

With one child: 32,500

With two children: 34,000

With 3 children: 36,000

With more children: 41,000

Potential beneficiaries are those who have filed a final personal income tax return by the timely filing deadline for the 2022 tax year, and who have been cleared by the filing deadline.

Tourism for All 2024 – Vulnerable Social Groups

“At the Ministry of Tourism, we continue the government’s efforts to provide practical and targeted support to Greek citizens, in implementation of the Prime Minister’s announcements. This year, we are moving forward with the redesign of the ‘Tourism for All’ programme, with social features, improving it for the benefit of the beneficiaries, but also for the benefit of Greek tourism as a whole.. This was confirmed by the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Elena Rapti, on the occasion of the issuance of the joint ministerial decision drawing up the “Tourism for All 2024” program, which was signed today by the Deputy Minister of Tourism in charge, with the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance, Nikolaos Papathanasis, the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance, Athanasios Petralia, and the Minister of Digital Governance, Demetrius Papastergiou.

As Ms. Rapti confirms in her statement, with Intangible debit card sponsored by the programThe Ministry is facilitating both beneficiaries who will be able to redeem them until 12.31.2024, as well as Greek hotel owners whose wages are paid immediately.

“Finally, by listening to the needs of the Greek community, we are for the first time providing special care for sensitive social groups and are working to include new categories while increasing the grant amounts for their recovery.” The Deputy Minister notes.

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