Ministry planning humungous spending campaign to encourage domestic vacations

The minister for regional development, ANO appointee Klára Dostálová, says the government is planning a massive spending campaign to encourage Czechs to holiday domestically in view of the coronavirus crisis. Responding to a report that her ministry was planning to put CZK 2 billion into such a drive, Ms. Dostálová told news site Deník N that that amount quoted was only for orientation and that the actual sum could be less or more. The minister said the idea was for Czechs not to travel to the Alps but instead vacation in the Krkonoše Mountains or Šumava.

She denied suggestions the advertising campaign would in effect be a form of support for the media; a number of media outlets were bought some years ago by PM Andrej Babiš of ANO.