Bali, 2 March 2015 — Two of Asia’s leading tourism operators have joined forces to promote international golf tourism to Indonesia.
Golfasian, the largest dedicated inbound golf tour operator in South East Asia, and Asia World Indonesia, one of the country’s leading destination management companies, have formed a partnership to be known as Golfasian Indonesia that aims to substantially increase the number of golf tourists to the archipelago.
Initially, the new entity will concentrate on inbound golf tourism to Bali, where there are four high-calibre courses.
Currently, Bali’s inbound golf tourism market mostly comprises golfers from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Korea.
While no exact figures are available, Indonesia’s inbound golf tourism market is dwarfed by the 700,000 who visit Thailand each year, and is well below numbers visiting Malaysia and Vietnam.
But Golfasian managing director, Mark Siegel, says there is great potential for growth. “The number and quality of courses in Indonesia, service standards and infrastructure mean there is huge potential to grow the market, which is a major reason why Golfasian and Asia World Indonesia are joining forces,” he says. “It is a perfect combination to use Asia World Indonesia’s on-the-ground operational capabilities and Golfasian’s sales and marketing expertise.
“Last year, Golfasian hosted 15,000 foreign golfers in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Indonesia. I believe the arrangement with Asia World Indonesia will increase this number substantially.”
One of the first activities of the new venture will be to host 60 international golf tour operators in Bali immediately after the Asian Golf Tourism Convention, to be held in Jakarta in late April, the first time a major golf tourism event has been held in Indonesia.
Asia World Indonesia’s managing director, Renato Domini, says he and Mark Siegel share the same high standards in servicing guests. “Asia World Indonesia is a well established destination marketing company in Indonesia. We know the destination and Golfasian knows golf. This is a perfect combination. Golf in Indonesia is growing rapidly and I’m sure there will be strong demand for golf tours here in the next few years.”
Golfasian Indonesia will operate from Asia World Indonesia’s office in Bali.
For more information, contact:
Golfasian Indonesia
https://www.golfasian.com/golf-holidays/indonesia/
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- We were in Bali for 4 nights and 5 days golfing trip, had a wonderful holiday. Golfasian's service is super from booking, transport, accomodation and golf games. Special thanks to our drivers, Wira and Wayan who are pleasant and helpful. Thus, we had the opportunity to taste the authentic local food. Thank you very much, Golfasian Bali !
Sylvia Lee - I have booked several golf trips for me and my friends in bali and Vietnam and they were nothing but professional and alot of laughs and great memories, very highly recommended we will now book every year
Mark Kovacevic - very professional ,friendly & lovely transport.
Mark O Meara - Just spent two weeks traveling Thailand with Golf Asian, everything was perfect great courses, great service seamless pick up. I will use them again for sure very professional and very knowledgeable. There was one course I wanted to play that they said not to because it was in bad shape, I played anyway but they sure where right, was worth it for the views anyway :)
Andrew Wood - 1er séjour en Thaïlande tout était parfait hôtels golfs
merci beaucoup
Jean Michel Choulet - Our recent trip to the Pattaya area for 6 rounds of golf was excellent, and went very smoothly. Golfasian's itinerary was well executed, and everything worked like clockwork. Their drivers were exceptional in their service, and would register us at the golf club while we went straight to the locker room or driving range.
All this at very reasonable price levels makes Golfasian the number one choice for our group, and this is confirmed by us planning our golf holiday through Golfasian for the 8th year in a row.
Thank you Ian Morgan, and see you guys next year.
Jehanzeb Khan - Niki at GolfAsian Thailand put together our golf itinerary on extremely short notice and every part of the experience was efficient and smooth. From organizing the itinerary, managing payments, being picked up at the hotel by fantastic drivers (Sombat and Rocky in Hua Hin are great!), picked up after our round in a timely manner...all of it was fantastic! I recommend you email or call Golfasian directly because my first encounter with them through their online chat was absolutely awful. But I gave them a second chance and Niki came to our rescue. We couldn't be happier and will definitely use GA again!
Therese Tee - Our small party of 4 did a 4 day golf tour, 1 day at Thai Country Club in Bangkok, then 3 days in Hua Hin covering Imperial Lakeview Resort, Banyan and Black Mountain. Golf Asian did a 1st class job of all the arrangements including golf bookings, hotels and transportation. Their service is highly recommended and at a reasonable cost. Well done to all the staff at Golf Asian tour company. We will be back.
Stuart Taylor - Our golfing trip of 8 people to Vietnam has just finished sadly. We started off in Ho Chi Minh City, then Danang and finally Hanoi with a two night HaLong Bay cruise to have some R & R after 7 golf games plus some sightseeing. Thank you to everyone at Golfasian from the first enquiry, finalising an itinerary and then our time in Vietnam. Everything ran so smoothly and professionally that we didn't need to stress over any of the arrangements at all. Miss Huong was so helpful with all aspects of our tour and also in organising catering for non seafood eaters wherever we went on our itinerary. The drivers during our stay were friendly and obliging from Tony in Ho Chi Minh, Lucky in Danang and Mr Simon in Hanoi was especially helpful and informative and more than happy to answer any questions plus also give suggestions which we were grateful for. We could not fault the service from Golfasian and would not hesitate to recommend them and use them again.
Marilyn Powell - I was on Golf Trip with Steve Edneys Group to Thailand with Golf Asia such a professional tour from the drivers who picked us at airport & transferred us to Hua Hin & to golf each day always very helpful . Golf Asia I would recommend to anyone wanting to travel on a golf trip to Asia . I have being the last three years to Thailand with golf Asia always a pleasure to deal with them . And Tks to all the staff & drivers .
Dempster Bleechmore
