About 200,000 beneficiaries have a supply until the end of July. social tourism imperatives her State Employment Service for the period 2022-2023 to use them, as the new program for 300,000 new beneficiaries is expected to start from 1 August. This happens traditionally as long as social tourism vouchers are available from DYPA and former OAED, with beneficiaries using either the first two months of each new program (August-September) or the last two months (June-July).

up to 12 nights

Within a few days, a new ministerial decision will be issued on the DYPA program for 2023-2024, which will concern 300,000 holiday vouchers. According to the information, beneficiary applications will begin to arrive in the second half of June, and the first will be able to redeem their new vouchers from August next year until July 2024.

The length of stay of the beneficiaries – beneficiaries will be up to six nights for all regions of Greece, and on the islands of Lesbos, Chios, Leros, Kos and Evros prefecture they will be entitled to up to 10 nights. Also in Samos, as well as in the municipalities of Istiaia – Edipsos and Mantoudi – Limni – Ag. Anna from Northern Evia can stay up to 12 nights.

In fact, according to the information, subsidized accommodation prices in all areas will be increased by 20% for overnight stays that will take place in August 2023 and in the periods from 12/15/2023 to 01/14/2024 and from 4/26/2024 to 12.5. 2024 For accommodation on the island of Samos and in the municipalities of Istia – Edipsos and Mantoudi – Limni – Ag. Annas, subsidy prices increase by 20% throughout the program.

And the new program provides a subsidy for ferry tickets:

Existing program vouchers are valid until the end of July.

• For adults and children – 50% of the planned economy class price for the respective itinerary period.

• For families with many children and children, a discount of 50% to 60% of the predicted economy class price after the discount for the corresponding itinerary period.

• For persons with disabilities in the amount of 50% and above 60% of the cost of the economy class provided for the PWD category of the corresponding period of the route.

The beneficiaries of the new program are employees with dependent employment relationships under private law, insured with e-EFKA in their professional category with contributions to the DYPA unemployment department at any time between 1.1.2022 and the day before the application deadline, as well as the unemployed , registered on the basis of the current institutional framework in the DYPA digital registry, with an uninterrupted period of unemployment on the date of the application deadline of at least 3 months.

The annual total income of the family, regardless of its source of origin, real or perceived, for the previous year of the program of the financial year must not exceed 30,000 euros.

For the long-term unemployed, the annual total family income must not exceed the income criteria for heating allowance, i.e. 16,000 euros for a single person, 24,000 euros for a couple, plus 3,000 euros for each child and 27,000 euros for a single parent family . , plus 3,000 euros for each child after the first.