The Thessaly Evros Pass 2024 platform opens at the end of June to finance holidays in Thessaly and Evro, in order to financially strengthen and stimulate tourism activity in the affected area of ​​Thessaly, which was “hit” by the floods in September 2023, but also of Evros, which was affected by the fires last summer. The submission of applications by those interested who will want to spend their holidays in these areas will be done through him vouchers.gov.gr. on the platform implemented with the cooperation of the Ministries of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, National Economy and Finance, Interior, Digital Governance and Tourism.

As he emphasizes in APE-MPE, Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou “from the first moment the government and personally the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis prioritized the restoration of Thessaly and Evros which were affected by floods and fires respectively. With the Thessaly Evros Pass we want to give incentives to citizens to visit these areas, supporting their tourism activity in practice, as we have done with other areas in the past. With a budget that will reach 4.5 million euros, the action will act as a stimulant for the local economies of Evros and Thessaly as a whole.”

Beneficiaries will be able to use the immaterial digital debit cards for accommodation, dining and local transport expenses in the above affected areas. As the minister typically states, “directly, simply, transparently and without unnecessary bureaucracy, citizens will submit their application at vouchers.gov.gr. Beneficiaries resulting from the lottery will use the provided amounts for catering, accommodation and transport services. We put our commitments into practice and systematically support the regions that have faced extreme natural phenomena and the effects of the climate crisis.”

According to information, as happened in similar previous actions (North Evia -Samos Pass), citizens to submit their application will need the codes to Taxisnet and the confirmation of a mobile phone number and an email address, while The right to apply for the Thessaly Evros Pass 2024 will be those:

• are tax residents of Greece, based on the last cleared personal income tax return for the tax year 2022

• they or their beneficiaries do not have their main residence in the selected destinations, as it appears from the last cleared personal income tax return for the tax year 2022 and

• are not beneficiaries – beneficiaries in the context of:

– of the Social Tourism program for the period 2023-2024 of the Public Employment Service or those selected as beneficiaries of the Social Tourism program for the period 2024-2025 of the Public Employment Service, regardless of whether the above benefits are ultimately used or not, and

– related provision from any other entity for the same period of time.