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EXPLAINED: Group eyes extra 6 months for subsidy - The Real Truth

The clock tower intersection at Betong, Yala.

The Association of Domestic Travel (ADT) is urging the government to extend the Tour Teaw Thai scheme, which offers a 40% subsidy on domestic tour packages, for a period of six months, focusing on four provinces in the South including the town of Betong to help sustain airline operations at its newly opened airport.

ADT president Thanapol Cheewarattanaporn said around 150,000 packages from a quota of 200,000 are expected to remain unsold when the scheme ends on April 30.

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