The Finance Ministry and the Tourism and Sports Ministry are considering offering travel insurance to foreign tourists in a bid to boost the industry, one of the few drivers of the economy. The Fiscal Policy Office has also floated the idea of a new tax break for domestic tourists in the form of deductions of domestic travel expenses from taxable income, raised even though the impact of the recent bombing incidents in resort towns in the South on the tourism industry are estimated to be limited, he said. The budget to fund the travel insurance scheme may come from the Thailand Tourism Promotion Fund or the Foreign Ministry's budget for immigration checks, and the central budget may be used to support any shortfall,