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Bangkok, Thailand (Nasdaq) 20 September 2011
by the growth in Australia and Europe Driven can reach the value of overseas golf tourism in Thailand 60 billion baht or U.S. $ 2 million in 2012 for the first time
the basis of a Tourism Authority of Thailand forecast of a record 19 million visitors into the realm of golf next year to 600,000 foreign tourists – or three percent of the total population – are in a straight line to the top five golf destinations: Bangkok, Phuket, Hua Hin, Pattaya and Chiang Mai.
According to Mark Siegel, Gulf Asian whose company has grown into one of the main gate operators golf tour Thailand, continued foreign golf tourism in Thailand, as he says, the players spend an average of 100,000 baht (3,300 U.S. $ ) each on the floor – three times the average of other tourists.
with the main courses of Thailand golf reporting strong advance ticket sales and forecasts growth through 2011, some 57 million baht (U.S. $ 1.9 billion) spent in Thailand for more than 500,000 visitors entrance golf this year, 60 billion baht last up to 600,000 foreign Players move in 2012.
“can be our best season,” said Mark Siegel says. “The political situation is calm, there were no natural disasters [others] to deter tourism and cultural capacity of Thailand to attract tourists is still far ahead of the other markets.”
increase in golf tourism in Thailand strengthens the realm of the most popular destination for foreigners and Asian golfers far one of the three best golf destinations in the other market leader in Spain, which attracts nearly a million golf tourists a year.
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traditional golf destinations like Scotland, Ireland and England – or the U.S. – can not be compared with the year of appointment Thailand golf, with prices about half the cost of most Western markets. Thailand has over 260 golf courses – 60 fewer than in Spain, 200 less than 100 less than Scotland and Ireland
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Two new awards are in addition to the general aura of tourism in Thailand. Bangkok was voted the best city in the world by readers of Travel & Leisure Magazine in the United States, while Thailand is the country to visit the world’s fourth best time to visit Phuket and is the world’s tenth-best island destination according to the UK Condé Nast Traveler.
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bring 10 to 15 percent of Thailand’s golfing tourists, compared with 65 percent in Europe, the strong Australian dollar and additional flights to Thailand more Australian players. It is important that brings to many tour operators in Australia and winter off-season player from Down Under Thailand between May and September, while the Europeans with an overwhelming majority of the high season from November to March for the winter.
increased demand for long-distance numbers and the improvement of Japan and Korea also means that members of the Golf in the Kingdom: the experience of golf in Thailand, a group of business cooperation that includes the best golfers in the Gulf of Thailand and Hotels , is expected to bumper season from November to March and continued strong demand in 2012.
“There has been a great improvement [reserves],” says expects Prasertchai Phornprapha, CEO of Siam Country Club near Pattaya, a complex of two shells, which is based purely on pay-as-you-play visitors and hosts Golfers 50 000 foreigners in 2012, expects half of the total. “If there is peace in Thailand, the destination of choice because of its culture and value,” he says.
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Bangkok Thai Country Club, named by Golf Asia last year as the best course per month in Thailand and the first vice-Asia, also expect a bumper season. CEO T.W. Hughes said his optimism is one of the best seasons ever high in 2011. “We believe this year will at least last year, and perhaps even better, and those that CBT undergoes probably want the experience to be repeated. The course will make under the best conditions in years and continue to update and all the other the the club. “
Stacey Walton, CEO of Banyan Golf Club Hua Hin, 200 kilometers south of Bangkok, has by the Tourism Authority of Thailand a good job in rebuilding the image of Thailand after protests in Bangkok have done during the last two years for more serious tourism affected in a months time. “We need to see the results,” he says. “November to February is very strong and seemed to benefit as the golf center in Asia, Thailand.”
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Ellison near Black Mountain Golf Club, said advance bookings in Scandinavia, Northern Europe and the UK are encouraging. The club, owned by Swedish interests, has not missed a day of golf since its opening in 2007, a new par 3 to bring the game to accompany still in this year to your design center 18 holes. The new island with a mini-course of water in each hole and the supply of heavy oil dotted a test for golfers of all levels and is expected to be played by a large number of visitors to Black Mountain.
Meanwhile, the Thai government has high hopes for continued strong growth of tourism over the next four years. Earlier this month, announced Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Sport, Chumpol Silpa-Archa, a goal of at least 30 million foreign tourists in 2015, who said he expects sales at the national level, create one, or $ 4 trillion baht US466 million at current exchange rates.
If successful, almost twice the goal arriving in just five years. And if the market share of input and output golf at current levels, golf tourism is 150 billion baht (U.S. $ 4.5 billion) to help the Thai economy in four years.
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