Last chance today, Monday, until 11:59 p.m. to midnight, to submit applications to participate in Social Tourism.
This is the program for employees and unemployed persons for the 2026-2027 period of the Public Employment Service (PES).
There is no restriction on the applications today, Monday 27/4, in terms of the VAT numbers that will proceed to submission.
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The programme will start on 18 May 2026, earlier than ever before, will run for 13 months and will involve 300,000 vouchers, with a budget of €50 million.
With the voucher, which is a unique number for each beneficiary and beneficiary separately, beneficiaries can spend up to 6 nights in accommodation they choose from the “register of providers” of the DYPA, upon request, with a small private contribution.
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Social Tourism.
In Leros, Lesvos, Chios, Kos, Kos, Samos and Rhodes, beneficiaries can stay up to 10 nights for free, with zero private participation, while in North Evia, Evros and Thessaly, except Sporades, they can stay up to 12 nights for free.
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The subsidy rates are increased by 20% for the peak month of August, for the Christmas (15.12.2026 to 14.01.2027) and Easter (23.04.2027 to 09.05.2027) periods.
The increased subsidy is valid throughout the year for accommodation in North Evia, Evros and Thessaly, except for Sporades.
In addition to accommodation in tourist accommodation, ferry tickets are also subsidised, as the private contribution amounts to 25%, while for people with disabilities, tickets are free.
Social Tourism 2026.
The beneficiaries are:
Employees with a dependent employment relationship under private law,
insured in the e-EFKA, due to a dependent employment relationship, with contributions to the unemployment branch of the DYPA, at any time during the 12 months preceding the deadline for submitting applications; or
unemployed persons registered in the digital register of jobseekers of the CIFA, with a continuous period of unemployment of at least three months on the closing date. The prerequisite is income up to:
16,000 euros for unmarried persons,
24,000 euros for married couples, plus 5,000 euros for each child,
EUR 29,000 for single-parent families, plus EUR 5,000 for each child after the first.
Applications are submitted, via gov.gr, at https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ergasia-kai-asphalise/apozemioseis-kai-parokhes/koinonikos-tourismos.
Specifically, the route is: Home → Work and Insurance → Compensation and Benefits → Social Tourism Programs (STPs).
The selection of beneficiaries is based on the weighting of specific criteria (disability, single-parent family, number of children, income, first participation or non-selection in the two previous programmes due to weighting), in an objective and transparent manner, through the Integrated Information System (IIS) of the DYPA.
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In fact, for the first time this year, parents with large families are exempted from the weighting process and can participate in the programme if they qualify. According to the announcement, employees and unemployed persons who are subsidized by another agency’s social tourism program for the same period, as well as those, other than disabled persons and large parents, who received a check in the 2025-2026 program, cannot participate.
Providers of the programme are tourist accommodation and ferry companies.
Providers’ applications are to be submitted from 21.04.2026 to 10.05.2026, via gov.gr, at https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ergasia-kai-asphalise/apozemioseis-kai-parokhes/parohoi-tourismou
The route is: Home → Work and Insurance → Compensation and Benefits → Social Tourism Providers The providers of the previous year are automatically included in the register of providers, provided they update their participation documents.
