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Big occasions and expanded choices for play will assist elevate prime Asian golf hub, says DMO
DANANG, VIETNAM (February 16, 2023) – Blue-chip tournaments and occasions allied to an expanded course portfolio and a renewed thirst for golf journey will see Central Vietnam cement its standing as one in every of Asia’s must-visit golf locations in 2023.
That’s the view from the Vietnam Golf Coast (VGC) — a freshly rebooted vacation spot advertising and marketing group that hyperlinks the area’s finest signature golf layouts.
“Asia’s prime golf vacation spot is not only recovering following the pandemic: it’s getting even higher,” mentioned Gary Dixon, basic manager at Ba Na Hills Golf Club, one of many driving forces within the VGC.
Clubs within the area — thought to be a number one golf hub, not simply in Vietnam, however in Asia total — are reporting brisk enterprise as golf journey returns with a vengeance.
This resurgence can also be mirrored through a number of main golf occasions slated for 2023. These embrace the Asia Grand Final of the Faldo Series — the one international beginner sequence for girls and boys — which is able to play out over the Sir Nick Faldo Signature Design at Laguna Golf Lang Co in April.
Central Vietnam may even roll out the welcome mat for the worldwide golf business as Danang, its largest metropolis, hosts the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) and Asian Development Tour (ADT) over the course of the 12 months.
On course, the excitement about Central Vietnam’s layouts has grown virtually as loud because the bike horns that soundtrack every day life in Danang.
Layouts comparable to Laguna Golf Lang Co, a Sir Nick Faldo Signature Design, and Ba Na Hills Golf Club, laid out by British former Ryder Cup star Luke Donald over rolling foothills, are ranked amongst Asia’s finest programs. Other highlights, in the meantime, embrace programs designed by luminaries together with Greg Norman, Colin Montgomerie, Robert Trent Jones Jr., and Jack Nicklaus.
“Many golfers received’t have been in Central Vietnam since 2019,” mentioned Adam Calver, Director of Golf & Destination Marketing at Laguna Lang Co. “We already had 5 nice championship programs right here at the moment. Now, with the addition of two extra programs (laid out by Trent Jones Jr. and Nicklaus) we’ve seven.”
With high-quality golf mixed with unbelievable seashores and luxurious resorts just like the award successful properties at Laguna Lang Co — Banyan Tree Lang Co and Angsana Lang Co — Central Vietnam is arguably Vietnam’s hub for golf tourism. It affords a spread of sights, together with the heritage websites in history-steeped Hoi An and the Golden Bridge at Sun World Ba Na Hills: a 150-metre-long pedestrian bridge that’s one in every of Asia’s most photographed landmarks.
Its myriad attributes are complemented by world-class infrastructure that features Danang International Airport, which hyperlinks Danang with direct flights to locations together with Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, India and Singapore.
But for golfers, the evolving play choices is the world’s most compelling drawcard.
Highlights embrace Laguna Golf Lang Co the place a championship course threads between bushes, over rice paddies and streams, by rock options and alongside the pounding surf. Designed by British former world primary Donald (it’s his first effort as an architect), Ba Na Hills is laid out over rolling foothills, and options pure elevation adjustments, ravines, streams, and spectacular mountain backdrops.
“Demand is surging as soon as once more,” added Dixon. “Before, I’d have mentioned that anybody severe about golf journey ought to be coming to Vietnam at the very least as soon as of their life. With world-class programs opening on a regular basis, I’d revise that to say that you just’d have to return each few years to do the place justice.”
