The Covid-19 epidemic has been changing the global tourism mindset, especially developing sports tourism. To attract international tourists back, Khanh Hoa tourism needs to renew tourism products, including promoting the development of golf tourism.
The Covid-19 epidemic has been changing the global tourism mindset, especially developing sports tourism. To attract international tourists back, Khanh Hoa tourism needs to renew tourism products, including promoting the development of golf tourism.
According to Tran Ngoc Hai - Vice Chairman of Vietnam Golf Tourism Association, golf tourists to Vietnam are currently from Korea, Japan and some Southeast Asian countries. Looking at the data of golf tourists on a global scale and the orientation of the key international tourist markes to Vietnam in the coming time, we can affirm that Vietnam golf tourism still has great room to develop, attracting many visitors from the golf tourism markets of the US, Western Europe and Northeast Asia. Compared with many localities, Khanh Hoa has favorable conditions in terms of infrastructure, natural resources, and vivid landscapes to form high-class eco-resort and sport tourism service areas, including golf tourism. In particular, the climate of Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa is very beautiful, with little rain, so it allows tourists to play golf almost all year round. The flying time from Korea, Japan, Taiwan ... to Khanh Hoa is quite short, so it is easy to attract tourists to combine golfing.
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Currently, Khanh Hoa has 3 golf courses, including Vinpearl Golf Club Nha Trang, KN Golf Links Cam Ranh and Diamond Bay Golf Nha Trang. In particular, Vinpearl Golf Club Nha Trang is the first golf course on island in Vietnam, located in the tourist complex of Vinpearl Nha Trang on Hon Tre. KN Golf Links Cam Ranh (located in the KN Paradise Cam Ranh project) has 27 holes surrounded by a system of luxury hotels and high-class villas ready to bring worthy experiences to all golfers. Born the earliest, Diamond Bay Golf Nha Trang is located right on the beach and on the way from Cam Ranh airport to Nha Trang, so it is very convenient for tourists to play golf when traveling to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa.
With high-class golf courses, over the years, Khanh Hoa has become a favorite destination for domestic golfers and international visitors. Tran Duy Thang - General Director of Thien Nhan Tourist Company said: "Since 2017, the company has operated tours to bring Korean tourists to play golf in Khanh Hoa and has very good prospects. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 epidemic has slowed down the idea of developing golf tourism… Since the beginning of July, the company has welcomed more than 4,000 Korean guests to Khanh Hoa, more than 50% of which are golf guests. It is expected that in November 2022, the company will promote the attraction of this tourist stream.”
According to Nguyen Thi Le Thanh - Director of the provincial Department of Tourism said that golf tourism as well as other types of high-quality tourism associated with sports, relaxation and health care is a tourism trend after the Covid-19 epidemic is under control. The objective of Khanh Hoa tourism industry is to promote the development of high-quality tourism, targeting high-spending tourist markets, including the development of golf tourism. Many investors are proposing to build more golf courses in the province. In the coming time, the tourism industry will make more efforts to build golf tours, promote golf tourism in potential markets such as Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries...
According to tourism experts, the role of travel agencies is very important to attract golfers to Vietnam in general and Khanh Hoa in particular because they are the connection with airlines and golf courses, destinations, restaurants, hotels... Besides, for the development of golf tourism, it is necessary to strengthen the application of technology to connect information and exchange golf clubs conveniently…
Xuan Thanh
Translated by T.T
