Developing golf tourism in Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa

Golf tourism is one of tourist products high speeding tourists. Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa has potentials to develop golf tourism. 

According to the Vietnam Golf Tourism Association, with a series of international awards, Vietnam golf tourism is increasingly famous on the world map, may become "Asia's golf paradise". Golf tourism in Vietnam is growing very rapidly recently. The Vietnam tourism development strategy to 2030 approved by the Prime Minister also identifies golf tourism as one of the key products to raise the level and guide Vietnam's tourism to develop sustainably. With many regions characterized by semi-desert terrain, majestic hills and mountains, long coastlines with beautiful beaches, diverse landscapes, and rich ecosystems, the Central region has advantages for golf tourism development. In fact, golf tourism in the Central region, including Khanh Hoa, has been developing quite well in recent years.

Playing golf on Hon Tre Island, Nha Trang

According to Cung Quynh Anh - Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism, in the province, there are 3 world-class golf courses located on island and coastal resorts (Vinpearl Golf Club Nha Trang, KN Golf Links Cam Ranh, Diamond Bay Golf Nha Trang). Favorable weather can exploit almost all year round. The flying time from Korea, Japan, Taiwan (countries strongly developed in golf)... to Khanh Hoa is quite short, so it is easy to attract golfers to come for a vacation and play golf. The province's tourism industry has also been interested in introducing golf tourism to famtrip groups and international media units. Thereby, it has attracted many tourists from Korea to Khanh Hoa to travel and play golf...

The quality of Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa golf tourism is also appreciated by international travel agencies. In surveys of Khanh Hoa's tourism products, travel agencies from Korea and Taiwan (China) all rated golf courses in Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa as having high quality and natural scenery around beautiful golf courses.

According to Nguyen Thi Le Thanh - Director of the provincial Department of Tourism, Khanh Hoa tourism industry aims to promote the development of high-quality tourism, targeting tourist markets with high spending levels, including the development golf tourism. In the coming time, the province's tourism industry will make more efforts to build golf tours and promote golf tourism in potential markets such as Korea, Taiwan (China), Japan and Southeast Asian countries... In particular, many investors are currently asking about building more golf courses in the province. In the future, Khanh Hoa can become one of the leading destinations of Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

Golf tourism is a type of combination between sports tourism and exploration, sightseeing, and relaxation at the destination. The characteristic of golf tourism is that visitors often return many times and have the ability to pay high prices for high-end hotel and restaurant services. According to data from the Vietnam Golf Tourism Association, each golf tourist to Vietnam spends an average of 40 million VND for 5 days, not including air tickets.

Xuan Thanh

Translated by T.T