Tourism Malaysia backs golf tourism

24 Nov 2014  2037 | World Travel News

KUALA LUMPUR After six challenging qualifying rounds, the Grand Final of the World Amateur Inter-Team Golf Championship (WAITGC) opened, 20 November at the Tiara Melaka Golf & Country Club, Melaka.
The Grand Final sees 30 teams compete with 12 teams from Brunei, nine teams from Australia, two teams each from Japan and Indonesia, one team each from China and Singapore and three teams from Malaysia.
The Tiara Melaka Golf & Country Club, which is designed by renowned golf course architects Nelson-Wright-Haworth, has three nine-hole layouts on a property of 360 acres.
inside no 6This is the 21st edition of WAITGC, billed as the only amateur golf circuit in the world organised by a country’s tourism board.
This year’s WAITGC has attracted 131 teams from Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore.
They participated in six qualifying rounds, which were held in various golf courses in the country, from March to October.
Golf tourism has been identified as one of the key priority sectors to increase the nation’s tourism contribution to the economy, and has in fact been underscored in the country’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).
Last year, golf tourism receipts amounted to RM304 million compared to MYR296 million in 2012. This year, Malaysia aims to push that figure to MYR310 million.
WAITGC is Tourism Malaysia’s initiative to promote the country as a top-of-mind golf destination in the region, attracting more than 500 international amateur golfers and spouses annually. Since its debut in 1994, WAITGC has emerged as a well-regarded tournament and one of the highly anticipated golfing events in the region.

sourced:ttrweekly.com 

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