City to host Asia Pacific Golf Summit on 14 Nov
Da Nang will host the Asia Pacific Golf Summit (APGS) on 14 November, following the APEC Economic Leaders Week.
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| An overview of the Ba Na Hills Golf Club (Photo courtesy of Ba Na Hills Golf Club) |
The Vice Director of the city’s Tourism Department, Mr Nguyen Xuan Binh, said that the golf summit would attract a large number of developers, golf course owners and operators, club general managers, golf course superintendents and the golf trade, from Asia Pacific member economies.
He said the Asia Pacific Inter-Club Golf Tournament would be staged at the Da Nang Golf Resort on that day.
The event will be a fun-filled networking opportunity for ASEAN member economies, including Viet Nam.
This is the 11th Asia Pacific Golf Summit and it will continue to provide a platform for discussions on the opportunities for the golf industry in the Asia Pacific.
Viet Nam has 32 golf courses in total nationwide. In addition, 60 others are planned, but golfers accounted for a mere half of 1% of the 10 million tourists visiting Viet Nam in 2016.
At the sixth Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC) in Da Nang last year, the city announced that it earned 68 million USD in 2016 from golf tourism. It expects to increase this figure to 186 million USD in the next 5 years when 5 more golf courses put into operation.
According to the International Association of Golf Tour Operators, a total of 169 golf tourism companies operating in Asia is planning to expand into Viet Nam.
The International Association of Golf Tour Operators in cooperation with Da Nang’s Tourism Department has built a strategy to develop golf tourism for Da Nang over the 2017 – 2022 period.
Da Nang and its neighbouring provinces of Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue are popular sites in Central Viet Nam, with beautiful golf courses designed by Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, Collin Montgomerie and Luke Donald.
Last year, the Ba Na Hills Golf Club in Da Nang was named 'Best New Golf Course in Asia and the Pacific' at the Asian Golf Awards of the Asian Golf Association, and was first runner-up as 'Best Golf Course in Viet Nam'.
Participants can register to book seats at the APGS on the link https://secure.golfconference.org/event/asia-pacific-golf-summit-2017.
(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)