Through vouchers.gov.gr, citizens can now submit applications for the “North Evia Pass 2025”. This is an important Action that is being implemented for the third year. With a total budget of 1 million euros, it aims to financially support tourism activity in the areas of North Evia, which were affected by the fires of August 2021. The Action is being implemented within the framework of the cooperation of the Ministries of National Economy and Finance, Interior, Tourism, Digital Governance and Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.
The Program concerns two destinations: a) Municipality of Istiaia – Edipsos, b) Municipality of Mantoudi – Limni – Agia Anna, as well as two calendar phases: a) Phase 1 – November 2025, b) Phase 2 – September-October-November 2026. The beneficiaries amount to 5,566 and will be issued a dematerialized digital debit card, in order to visit the aforementioned areas, stimulating local tourism and broader economic activity. Citizens will be able to use the dematerialized digital debit card until the last day of the selected phase, for accommodation, catering and local transport expenses.
Specifically, the following will be issued:
2,783 €150 cards for the Municipality of Mantoudio – Limni – Agia Anna (Phase 1: 1,392, Phase 2: 1,391) and
2,783 €150 cards for the Municipality of Istiaia – Edipsos (Phase 1: 1,392, Phase 2: 1,391)
The vouchers.gov.gr platform will remain open for the submission of applications from today, Friday, October 24, 2025, until Wednesday, October 29, 2025. Interested parties can submit an application both digitally and through the 1,027 KEPs throughout the country.
More specifically, to submit an application digitally, interested parties follow the following steps:
Log in to the vouchers.gov.gr platform with their TaxisNet codes.
They register their contact details, namely their e-mail address and mobile phone number, which they then authenticate via a hyperlink and a one-time password (OTP – One Time Password) respectively. It is noted that since citizens have already registered the relevant details in the National Communication Registry (EMEP- emep.gov.gr), these are automatically retrieved and they do not need to proceed with any other authentication action.
Immediately afterwards, they declare the destination of their choice, as well as the phase or phases they wish.
Finally, they responsibly declare that they do not fall into any of the ineligible categories of beneficiaries within the framework of the action and select “Submit”, completing the application submission process.
It is noted that the “North Evia Pass 2025” has no income criteria and those citizens who are entitled to apply are:
•They are tax residents of Greece, based on the last cleared personal income tax return for the tax year 2024
•They themselves or their beneficiaries do not have Evia as their main residence, as shown by the last cleared personal income tax return for the tax year 2024, and
•Those who have been selected or will be selected for the Social Tourism Program (DYPA) 2024-2025 or 2025-2026, as well as those who receive a similar benefit from any other body for the same period, are not beneficiaries.
The final beneficiaries will be selected following a draw conducted by the implementing body, after the submission of applications is completed, while the results will be posted on the program website. For the beneficiaries who will be selected following a draw, the process of issuing the intangible digital debit card will be initiated within 2 working days. After issuance, the Payment Service Provider will inform the beneficiaries about the steps to follow to activate the card. To use the intangible digital debit card, a suitable smartphone that supports NFC technology – contactless transactions is required.
The “North Evia Pass 2025” is implemented by the National Technology and Research Infrastructure Network (EDYTE S.A. – GRNET), an agency of the Ministry of Digital Governance and is funded by the Ministry of Digital Governance. The necessary data is automatically retrieved through the Interoperability Center of the General Secretariat for Information Systems and Digital Governance of the Ministry of Digital Governance.
