Golf tourism

Johor to attract golfers from Japan, China and South Korea

The state will step up efforts to lure golfers to Johor to boost its sports tourism industry.

Johor Tourism Committee chairman Hoo Seong Chang said the state had 29 golf courses to offer.

“We are targeting golfers from Japan, China and South Korea. The first group of golfers from South Korea is expected to arrive by the end of the month,” he told a press conference here recently.

He also said that talks with Chinese and Japanese travel agents to promote golfing were going well.

“The sports tourism industry is growing in the region. We feel the state should capitalise on its golf courses to rejuvenate the tourism industry this year,” he said, adding that golfers from the three countries were the most likely to take up golfing holiday offers in Johor.

-News courtesy of The Star-