The platform for submitting applications for participation in the “Social Tourism Program 2024-2025” of the Public Employment Service (DYPA), regardless of the TIN of the beneficiaries, will remain open from Monday 10 June 00:00 to Tuesday 11 June 2024 at 10:00:00. Remember that today, Sunday, June 9, 2024, only beneficiaries with VAT numbers ending in 7, 8 and 9 have submitted applications on the platform.
The program will start on July 1, 2024 and will involve 300,000 checks, with a budget of 50 million euros, increased by 43% from last year, while in general, the budget of the program has quadrupled from the previous one 5 years.
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The check is a unique number for each individual beneficiary and beneficiary, who can spend up to 6 nights in the accommodation of their choice from the DYPA “Provider Register”, after their agreement with the provider, with minimal private participation .
Especially in Leros, Lesvos, Chios, Kos and Samos up to 10 nights can be used free of charge (zero private participation), while in the towns of N. Evia and Evros up to 12 nights can be used free of charge, to which Thessaly was added this year (except the Sporades).
Subsidized prices remain increased by 20% for the peak month of August, with a corresponding 20% ​​subsidy for Christmas (from 15.12.2024 to 14.01.2025) and Easter (from 11.04. 2025 to 27.04.2025) periods. The additional subsidy is valid throughout the year for accommodation in N. Evia, Evros and Thessaly (except Sporades).
Apart from accommodation in tourist accommodation, ferry tickets are also subsidized. Participation is about 25%, while for the disabled the tickets are free. It is noted that the program provides for special scoring for single parents and for the disabled and additional scoring for beneficiaries with low income.
Also, for the disabled, the possibility of participation is given every year, the right to an escort and zero private participation in ferry tickets, while no penalty will be imposed on them if they do not use their checks. For parents, additional points are given for each minor child. This year, for the first time, those who did not receive a check before or did not receive a check due to scoring in the last two programs were awarded points.
The beneficiaries are:
- employees with a dependent employment relationship in private law or
- eEFKA insured in their work category with contributions for the DYPA unemployment sector at any time from 01.01.2023 or
- unemployed with a continuous period of unemployment of at least three months by the application deadline.
Family income does not exceed 30,000 euros, while for long-term unemployed (12 or more months without work) different income criteria apply, as described in the Public Invitation.
Applications
Applications are submitted through gov.gr at the online address: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ergasia-kai-aspalise/apozemioseis-kai-parokhes/koinonikos-tourismos Specifically the route is: House – Employment and insurance – Compensation and Benefits – Social Tourism Programs (STP)
The selection of beneficiaries is based on scoring specific criteria (disabled, single parent, number of children, income, first time participation in the program) in an objective and transparent manner through the Integrated Information System ( ISIS) of DYPA.
Employees and unemployed persons subsidized by the social tourism program of another organization at the same time and those (except for the disabled) who received a check in the 2023-24 program cannot participate in the program.
Supporting documents related to the conditions of participation or the scoring of beneficiaries are sought ex officio. In cases where it is not possible to search ex officio, supporting documents are attached to the applications.
The providers of the program are tourist accommodation and ferry companies. Provider applications are submitted through gov.gr at the online address: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ergasia-kai-aspalise/apozemioseis-kai-parokhes/parohoi-tourismou
In particular, the route is: Home – Work and insurance – Compensation and Benefits – Social Tourism Providers
Starting this year, providers from last year will automatically be included in the Register of Providers, as long as they update their participation documents. For more information: https://www.dypa.gov.gr/koinonikos-toyrismos