President ratifies ‘tourist voucher’

A “tourist voucher” worth PLN 500 for each child and PLN 1,000 for a disabled child provided for in the act on the Polish Tourist Voucher was signed by President Andrzej Duda, development ministry has announced. The voucher will not be in the form of cash but can be used to pay for a hotel service or a tourist event.

As part of his “pork-barrel” promises before the Polish presidential election, Duda took the initiative to create the “tourist vouchers” that are reportedly going to reach some 6.5 million children and cost the taxpayer PLN 3.5 billion. The vouchers can be used from July 18, 2020, until March 2022.

The voucher will also apply to children placed in a family or institutional foster care. Children of parents working abroad who receive child benefits higher than PLN 500 will also benefit from the support, reportedly.

(Polsat)