
HCM City – The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism and the Vietnam
Golf Tourism Association on February 28 jointly launched a golf tour service to promote
the new product in the city.
Addressing the event, Le Truong
Hien Hoa, deputy director of the department, noted
besides events to promote tourism, the city’s tourism industry also focuses on
improving the quality of services and building new products to enrich
visitors’ experience. The industry prioritises some types of activities in the
middle- and high-class segments such as golf tourism.
Ho
Chi Minh City, one of the major economic, cultural and tourist centres of the
country, boasts a modern, world-class golf course system and a variety of quality
and diversified tourism services, said Hoa, adding two large golf courses, namely Tan
Son Nhat and Thu Duc, and many adjacent golf courses are becoming attractive
destinations.

Meanwhile,
Trinh Thanh, general secretary of the Vietnam Golf Tourism Association, said
that developing golf tourism not only helps diversify products and improve competitiveness of the industry, but also attracts potential visitors with large spending and long stay, while stimulating the luxury resort segment.
Currently Vietnam is home to about 100,000 golfers and 100 golf courses in operation, of which 32 are of
international five-star standard along a coastline adjacent to luxury
resorts. In 2021, it was selected by the World Golf Awards (WGA) as the World’s
Best Golf Destination, and thousands of international guests booked
post-pandemic tours to experience the service in the country.
This was the second time that Vietnam had received the title
awarded by the WGA following the first in 2019, surpassing the top golf
destinations such as the US, New Zealand, China, Thailand, and the Republic of
Korea.
A cooperation agreement on developing golf tourism products in
the locality was signed at the event./.