TICKETS are now on sale for
the UK’s first Travel Lottery, an initiative that gives people a chance to win
prizes while raising funds to keep their favourite destinations special.
Tickets costing £2 are on
sale for the first draw at the end of March. Each ticket is a chance to win
back the cost of their holiday in the form of a cash prize of up to
£5,000. Prize draws are monthly, with a
guaranteed cash prize of at least £1,000 given away in each draw.
The lottery is the first of
its kind for the travel industry, a way of fundraising that protects and
invests in communities and natural environments in popular holiday destinations
from Cyprus to St Lucia and Turkey to Thailand.
Customers will be able to buy
tickets from travel agents and other companies when they book holidays and related
products and services. Launch partners Midcounties Co-operative Travel and
Holiday Extras will sell tickets for the first draw, and many more travel
companies are expected to join them in the coming months. The aim is to sell at
least 100,000 tickets and raise more than £50,000 for good causes in the first
year.
Customers can also buy
tickets directly from www.thetravellottery.co.uk,
either for a single draw or by signing up to play regularly.
At least 50p from each ticket
goes to projects run by UK charity the Travel Foundation which helps to protect
the features that can make a holiday destinations special: the environment,
wildlife, history and culture. It also helps to tackle poverty by creating
opportunities for local people to benefit from tourism.
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