Greg Norman (right) had a meeting with the VNAT to talk about the establishment of the Vietnam Golf Tourism Association. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Vietnam Golf Tourism Association (VGTA) wasofficially founded on March 29 with the aim of boosting the national golftourism industry.
The VGTA gathers State authorities, enterprises, investors and managers of golfcourses nationwide.
The Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA) has established the VGTA to attract moregolf tourists to Vietnam and build a national golf tourism brand, according to VuThe Binh, vice chairman of the VITA.
Tourists who come to Vietnam to play golf usually spend more for high-endservices and contribute significantly to the tourism industry.
“Vietnam has a great potential to develop golf tourism, however we lackexperience,” he said.
“We expect that with Tourism Ambassador Greg Norman, a world class golfer,tourists who want to play golf will learn more about Vietnam,” he said.
Binh also revealed that Japan and the Republic of Korea are the two marketswhich send the most golfers to Vietnam. Last year, Vietnam received 3.5 millionand 800,000 tourists from the RoK and Japan, respectively.
Ngo Hoai Chung, vice chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Administration (VNAT),said with the establishment of the VGTA, he expected more tourists and golferswill come to Vietnam and the country will become known as a premier destinationfor golf.
On the same day, the VITA also introduced a Council of Training Studies inTourism. The council gathered experts in tourism and lecturers at universities.They will supervise and train the human resources of the tourism industry.Travel agents, companies and enterprises can receive professional training fortheir staff through the council. - VNS/VNA
The VGTA gathers State authorities, enterprises, investors and managers of golfcourses nationwide.
The Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA) has established the VGTA to attract moregolf tourists to Vietnam and build a national golf tourism brand, according to VuThe Binh, vice chairman of the VITA.
Tourists who come to Vietnam to play golf usually spend more for high-endservices and contribute significantly to the tourism industry.
“Vietnam has a great potential to develop golf tourism, however we lackexperience,” he said.
“We expect that with Tourism Ambassador Greg Norman, a world class golfer,tourists who want to play golf will learn more about Vietnam,” he said.
Binh also revealed that Japan and the Republic of Korea are the two marketswhich send the most golfers to Vietnam. Last year, Vietnam received 3.5 millionand 800,000 tourists from the RoK and Japan, respectively.
Ngo Hoai Chung, vice chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Administration (VNAT),said with the establishment of the VGTA, he expected more tourists and golferswill come to Vietnam and the country will become known as a premier destinationfor golf.
On the same day, the VITA also introduced a Council of Training Studies inTourism. The council gathered experts in tourism and lecturers at universities.They will supervise and train the human resources of the tourism industry.Travel agents, companies and enterprises can receive professional training fortheir staff through the council. - VNS/VNA
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