Travel News
Golf tourism in New Zealand is thriving with golf visitors up a record 23 % alongside an 18 % increase in spend by these visitors for the year ending 1. Tourism new _ zealand April 2016. The growth rate is among one of the highest being experienced worldwide. This week, Golf Tourism New Zealand’ s third golf tourism progress report was released to industry providing a summary of activity taken over the past year as part of the International Golf Tourism Strategy. An impressive $ 329 million is being pumped into the economy each year from international golf tourism.
With three months still to go to the 6th annual Asia Golf Tourism Convention( AGTC), the event this registrations are growing year upon year from international golf tour operators. Established in 2012 by IAGTO as an annual networking event for its Asia Pacific members, ACTC has now become pivotal for IAGTO golf tour operators across the globe looking to extend their product and expand sales to golf destinations throughout the region. Approximately 70 % of the attending golf tour operators or‘ buyers’ will be from Asia Pacific markets.
Branded“ AGTC on the Beach”, the 2017 Convention heads to the award-winning golf and beach destination of Danang, in central Vietnam, next May.
Troon ® Golf and its Abu Dhabi properties; Abu Dhabi Golf Club and Saadiyat Beach Golf Club are pleased to announce the appointment of Ed Edwards as Group General Manager. Edwards assumes the role with immediate effect, leading Troon’ s team of service and hospitality professionals on behalf of the ownership group, Tourism Development & Investment Company( TDIC).
An ex-professional golfer, Ed Edwards has a wealth of international experience in managing and establishing high end golf resorts throughout the world including in the United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Ireland, Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Qatar.
Two weeks ago IAGTO successfully hosted its first Mexico Golf Tourism Destination Convention at Moon Palace Golf Resort and Spa, Cancun Riviera Maya. The 3 day event featured 40 buyer delegates from 18 different countries along with 32 suppliers from across Mexico coming together for over 800 pre-scheduled meetings. Following the success of this inaugural event, IAGTO are delighted to announce that the 2017 Mexico Golf Tourism Convention will take place in Los Cabos – dates to be confirmed.
The epitome of food, wine and golf in the Rioja region is easily accessible from Bilbao( 1h30 drive) or Pamplona( 1h) and only 3h30 from Madrid- a new golf destination in Spain for IAGTO operators to sell.
15 IAGTO operators and IGTWA golf travel writers are today playing the second of the three courses of the Logroño region, famous for its Rioja wines.
The Golf courses of Logroño, Golf Sojuela and Golf Rioja Alta are all within easy access of eachother.
The state of the economy in Scandinavia has been steadily improving for the last couple of years and growth is predicted to continue in 2016 onwards. Scandinavia leads the European travel markets in online travel booking patterns with 62 % of leisure and business travel services going through the online channels in 2015. Best-selling destinations for the summer holidays are Spain, Greece and Turkey while winter sun seekers travel further with Thailand, Canaries islands and Dubai proving the most popular long-haul holiday destinations. The golfing population in Scandinavia amounts to just under 733,000 registered club members( Sweden 477.000, Denmark 151.000, Norway 106.000).
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