From today, June 25th, until Friday, June 28th, 2024, the “Thessaly Evros Pass” application platform will remain open through vouchers.gov.grwith the aim of supporting the internal market tourism of their regions Thessaly who have been affected by floods phenomena in September 2023 and its regions Euroswho have been affected by fires in summer 2023.
Those responsible for the implementation of the “Evros Pass of Thessaly” are the Ministers of Tourism Olga Kefalogiannis, of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou, of the Interior Theodoris Livanios, the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Nikos Papathanasis, as well as the Deputy -Ministers of Economy and National Finance Christos Dimas and the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Christos Triandopoulos.
The beneficiaries
The program, with a total budget of 4.45 million euros, concerns intangible digital debit cards, which beneficiaries will be able to use until the last day of the selected phase, for accommodation, catering and local transport expenses in these affected areas. Beneficiaries will be selected through a draw carried out by the implementing body after the registration deadline and the results will be published on the program website.
More specifically, the program is divided as follows:
- “Thessaly A Pass” which concerns the municipalities of South Pelion and Zagora Mouresi, and the municipal units of Agria, Portaria, Artemis and Makrynitsis in the municipality of Volos, with financial assistance of 100 euros for those who choose it as their destination.
- “Thessaly B Pass” which concerns the municipalities of Limni Plastira, Agia, Tempo, Pyli (except the municipal units of Gomfon and Pialia) and Meteora, with financial assistance of 150 euros for those who choose it.
- “Evros Pass” which concerns the municipality of Soufli and the Municipal Transport Unit of the municipality of Alexandroupolis, with financial assistance of 200 euros for those who choose it.
The “Thessaly Evros Pass” has no income criteria. They can therefore apply:
- Those who are tax residents in Greece, based on the last personal income tax return filed for the 2022 tax year.
- Those who do not have themselves or their beneficiaries as their main residence in the selected destinations, as shown in the last personal income tax declaration calculated for the 2022 tax year.
- Those who are not beneficiaries of the Social Tourism program for the period 2023-2024 or those who are not selected as beneficiaries of the Social Tourism program for the period 2024-2025.
- Those who were not selected as beneficiaries – recipients of related benefit by any other body during the same period of time.
For people who are married or have entered into a cohabitation agreement, the beneficiary is responsible for submitting the income declaration or one of the two, in the case of a separate declaration. The “Thessália Evros Pass” can be used exclusively by the beneficiary himself or by those defined as his “beneficiaries”, namely:
- the beneficiary’s adult children declared as dependents on the 2022 tax year personal income tax return and
- the beneficiary’s spouse or the person who has entered into a cohabitation agreement with him.
The process
Applications for participation are submitted in a simple and friendly way and relate to 3 phases (July – August, September – October, November – December). It is common to submit applications for each phase, and it is up to the beneficiary to choose the destination and the phase or phases they want.
Analytically:
Citizens log into the vouchers.gov.gr platform with their TaxisNet passwords.
It then registers your contact details, i.e. email address and mobile phone number, which you then authenticate using a hyperlink and a one-time password (OTP – One Time Password), respectively.
He then selects the destination and the phase or phases of his choice.
Finally, the citizen responsibly declares that they do not belong to any of the categories of ineligible beneficiaries within the scope of the action and completes the application submission process by selecting “Send”.
Given that the citizen has already registered the relevant contact details in the National Contact Register (EM Ep.) in emep.gov.grthe data is extracted automatically and it does not need to perform any other certification actions, and the process can also be handled through KEP.
The process of issuing the immaterial digital debit card will begin within 2 business days for the beneficiaries who will be drawn. After issuance, the Payment Service Provider will inform the beneficiary of the steps to follow to activate the card.
The “Thessaly Evros Pass” is implemented by the National Network of Technological and Research Infrastructures (EDYTE SA – GRNET), an entity of the Ministry of Digital Governance.