The “Tourism for All 2024” program is underway, which is managed by the Ministry of Tourism and aims to strengthen domestic tourism demand for 2024, with a total budget of 25,694,539.89 euros and ending on 12/31/2024.
The new cycle of the program has new features accompanied by enhanced social criteria to expand the beneficiaries. These are specifically:
- increase of the income criterion for all by 3,000 euros compared to 2022-2023,
- increasing the amount in the general category from 150 euros to 200 euros for everyone,
- establishment of new categories of special social groups that will receive a 300 euro grant: pensioners of all funds, married or cohabiting parties with three or more children, single and widowed with protected children,
- doubling of the grant for our fellow citizens with disabilities or with disabled children, from 200 euros to 400 euros.
In particular, it is granted through the Program, upon request electronic application and selection by lottery, financial facilitation as follows:
- An amount of two hundred (200) euros to natural persons who meet the income criteria,
Amount of three hundred (300) euros 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 aid is only 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 by article 2.
An amount of four hundred (400) euros, specifically for the disabled, with a valid decision of a total disability rate of 67% or more at the time of submitting the application, as well as for beneficiaries with disabled children with a valid decision of a total disability rate of 67% or more at the submission of the application, according to the procedure described in Article 5. It is noted that the invocation of the status of a disabled person is possible once, either by the requested person with a disability or by an applicant with a disabled child, who meet the conditions defined by article 2.
In the case of a beneficiary who meets the conditions of more than one of the above categories, the application is classified in the category with the maximum subsidy amount.
The above amounts concern exclusively the beneficiary and do not increase in case of dependent members.
The income criteria for everyone to apply is set as follows:
INDIVIDUAL (NATURAL PERSONS MARRIED OR WIDOWED) FAMILY (MARRIAGES AND PARTIES OF COhabitation)
- WITHOUT CHILDREN 19,000 31,000
- WITH 1 CHILD 20,500 32,500
- WITH 2 CHILDREN 22,000 34,000
- WITH 3 CHILDREN 24,000 36,000
- WITH MORE CHILDREN 29,000 41,000
Potential Beneficiaries are those who have submitted a final Personal Income Tax Return by the deadline for timely submission of tax year 2022 returns, which has been cleared by the deadline for submitting applications.
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