Social tourism: Applications for DYPA’s 300,000 checks begin

Social Tourism

Today Monday, June 3, 2024 30 and 18:00, the submission of electronic applications beneficiaries and providers for their participation in the Social Tourism Program Employed – Unemployed period 2024-2025 of the Public Employment Service (DYPA).

The program will start on July 1, 2024 and will concern 300,000 checks, with a budget of 50 million euros, increased by 43% from last year, while overall, the budget of the program has quadrupled in the last 5 years.

The process of DYPA applications

The cheque, with which the participation process is carried out, is a unique number for each beneficiary and each beneficiary separately. Beneficiaries-beneficiaries can spend up to 6 nights in a tourist accommodation they choose from the DYPA “Register of Providers”, after their direct consultation with the provider, with little private participation.

Especially in Leros, Lesvos, Chios, Kos and in the prefecture of Evros up to 10 nights can be arranged (zero private participation), in the municipalities of Istiaea-Edipsos and Mantoudi-Limni-Ag. Annas of N. Evia and Samos up to 12 nights can be spent free of charge, while this year Thessaly (outside of the Sporades) is added.

The subsidy prices remain increased by 20% for the peak month of August, with a corresponding subsidy of 20% also for the Christmas (from 15.12.2024 to 14.01.2025) and Easter (from 11.04.2024 to 27.04.2024) periods. The increased subsidy is valid all year round for accommodation in North Evia and Evros and Thessaly (except Sporades).

In addition to accommodation in tourist accommodation, ferry tickets are also subsidized. The participation of the general category of beneficiaries amounts to 25% and of multiple children to 20%. For people with disabilities the ferry tickets are available free of charge.

It is noted that the program provides for a special quota for single parents and for the disabled and an increased quotation for beneficiaries with a lower income.

Also, PWDs are provided with the possibility to participate every year, the right of an escort and zero private participation in the ferry tickets, while they are not penalized if they do not use their checks.

For parents, increased points are provided for each minor child.

This year, those citizens who have not received checks in the past or who did not receive a check due to being assigned points in the last two programs are given points.

In addition, a register of providers is created in which providers from the previous year automatically participate.

Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries are:

  • employees with a dependent employment relationship under private law at the end of the application deadline or
  • insured in the eEFKA in their professional category with contributions in favor of the unemployment branch of DYPA at any time between 01.01.2022 and the day before the application deadline or
  • unemployed with a continuous period of unemployment of at least three months on the application deadline

The family income of the beneficiaries of all categories must not exceed 30,000 euros, while for the long-term unemployed (12 or more months of unemployment) the income cannot exceed 16,000 euros for singles, 24,000 euros for married (increased by 5,000 euros per child) or 29,000 euros for single-parent families (increased by 5,000 euros for each child after the first).

Submitting applications Dupa for Social Tourism

Applications will be submitted exclusively online through the Unified Digital Portal of the Public Administration (gov.gr) with the TAXISnet codes, at the online address: here.

Specifically the route is: Home – Work and insurance – Compensation and Benefits – Social Tourism Programs (STP).

The platform will be opened gradually according to the last digit of the TIN of the interested beneficiaries until 09.06.2024 at 23:59, when it will remain open for all TIN digits, as follows:

LAST DIGIT OF TIN

DATE OF APPLICATION SUBMISSION

003.06 & 04.06
105.06 & 06.06
2,3,407.06
4,5,608.06
7,8,909.06

The selection of beneficiaries is based on the scoring of specific criteria (Disabled, single parent, number of children, income) in an objective and transparent manner through the Integrated Information System (OPS) of TWICE.

It is noted that employees and unemployed people who are subsidized for their participation in a social tourism program of any other organization for the same period cannot participate in the program.

The supporting documents related to the conditions for participation or the scoring of the beneficiaries are sought ex officio. In those cases where supporting documents are required due to the inability to search ex officio, these are attached to the applications.

Example 1

  • A family of 4 chooses to stay in Crete from 01.07.2024 in a 5-star hotel with breakfast for 6 nights.
  • He will get a subsidy for the hotel €840 (4 people X 6 nights X €35)
  • For the ferry with a price of €100 round trip, €200 (50 X 4).
  • Total €1,040
  • If the stay is set in August, the subsidy will be increased by 20% and will be €1,008 for the hotel (€42 X 4 people X 6 nights)

Example 2

  • A family of 4 chooses North Evia for the stay for the same category of hotel for 12 nights
  • He will get a subsidy of €2,688 (€56 X 4 people X 12 nights)
  • If he chooses to stay in a 3-star hotel, he will receive a subsidy of €2,064 (€43 X 4 people X 12 nights)

Providers of the program are tourist accommodation and ferry companies, as defined in the Public Call. The applications of the interested providers will be submitted exclusively online through the Unified Digital Portal of the Public Administration (gov.gr) with the codes TAXISnet, at the online address: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ergasia-kai-asphalise/apozemioseis-kai-parokhes/parohoi-tourismou.

Specifically the route is: Home – Work and insurance – Compensation and Benefits – Social Tourism Providers.

The submission of applications by providers will be possible from 30.05.2023 to 05.06.2023, regardless of their VAT number.

For more information about the terms and conditions, those interested can visit the DYPA website: https://www.dypa.gov.gr/koinonikos-toyrismos.

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