The Finance Ministry proposed replacing the 50% co-payment in Thai Teaw Thai Plus with a flat-rate hotel subsidy to curb high room rates, but the Tourism and Sports Ministry wants to keep co-payment. Hotel groups favour co-payment, saying travellers already know it and it spreads demand across hotel sizes. A fixed subsidy of about 2,000 baht a night would mostly help rooms around 3,000 baht. The ministry plans to launch next month. Small and budget hotel owners should check which mechanism is final before pricing and promotion plans.