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2006-06-19 12:13:30 |
| autor: FX1 |
CzechTourism, the state tourism promotion agency within the Ministry for Regional Development, is now trying to draw in foreign tourists for golfing vacations, showcasing the nation?s courses at international fairs and organizing trips here for foreign golf journalists.
CzechTourism golf activities coordinator Helena Kopecká last week announced the new initiative, adding that foreigners are ?pleasantly? surprised with the quality of Czech courses and green fees.
CzechTourism markets the country as golf destination also through the Czech Top 100 Golf Trophy tournament attended by corporations such as global payment network provider MasterCard Europe, mobile operator T-Mobile, and the Prague Stock Exchange (PSE), among others. The finals will take place June 23 in the course in Mariánské Lázn?, West Bohemia, and super finals in the renowned Montgomerie golf course in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
Under communism, golf was seen as a bourgeois sport and courses in this country were as rare as the world wonders ? there were only seven. ?The number of courses has grown almost tenfold [since 1989] while the pool of players expanded thirteenfold,? said Czech Golfing Federation (?GF) general secretary Miloslav Holub. There are now 60 courses throughout the country, and dozens of new courses are presently being developed. The number of registered golfers has grown from some 1,300 shortly after the Velvet Revolution to about 24,000 today.
According to the international consultancy KPMG, the Czech Republic, along with Slovenia, experienced the most progressive development in the CEE region. KPMG cited difficulties in obtaining the necessary permits, environmental opposition and securing financing as the greatest obstacles to building new golf courses.
The ?GF also plans to pursue developing facilities aimed at attracting tourists, including courses in Ústí nad Labem, North Bohemia, and the Karlovy Vary region near the German border. The Karlovy Vary regional government paid K? 1.3 million (? 45.8 million) to the company Golfer for a study on ways to expand the region?s current number of eight golf courses.
?The expansion will undoubtedly lead to an increase in tourism,? Karlovy Vary Regional Governor Josef Pavel said. Golfer?s director, Libor Jirásek, said that the company tracked down about 40 locations that could accommodate a golf course in the future. He said the study would be freely accessible to any would-be investors at the regional government?s offices.
Despite the number of golf courses, the ?GF says the game must be made more accessible, and is calling for more ?public? courses open to all players, regardless of whether or not they have a minimum handicap (previously known as a green card).
?Today, we?ve got enough golf club courses here, and it?s actually sometimes difficult to fill them, since we?ve got only 24,000 registered players in this country,? said ?GF technical committee chairman Karel Vopi?ka. ?What is a problem, though, is the lack of public courses where anyone may go to play.?
Early this year, the Czech Republic boasted two 36-hole courses, two 27-hole courses, over a dozen 18-hole courses and 43 nine-hole courses. Meanwhile, there?s only one public golf course, near Žebrák, Central Bohemia. There are also a few nine-hole courses attached to major courses, such as one in Konopišt?, Central Bohemia, which are accessible to the public.
Vopi?ka said that efforts in the past to cut costs led to the underfunding of golf-course construction. ?The current developers have learned from the past mistakes; they already know that they can?t build a K? 150 million (? 5.3 million) course for only K? 100 million,? he said. |
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Tereza Tomí?ková |
2006-06-19 12:13:17 |
| autor: FX1 |
CzechTourism, the state tourism promotion agency within the Ministry for Regional Development, is now trying to draw in foreign tourists for golfing vacations, showcasing the nation?s courses at international fairs and organizing trips here for foreign golf journalists.
CzechTourism golf activities coordinator Helena Kopecká last week announced the new initiative, adding that foreigners are ?pleasantly? surprised with the quality of Czech courses and green fees.
CzechTourism markets the country as golf destination also through the Czech Top 100 Golf Trophy tournament attended by corporations such as global payment network provider MasterCard Europe, mobile operator T-Mobile, and the Prague Stock Exchange (PSE), among others. The finals will take place June 23 in the course in Mariánské Lázn?, West Bohemia, and super finals in the renowned Montgomerie golf course in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
Under communism, golf was seen as a bourgeois sport and courses in this country were as rare as the world wonders ? there were only seven. ?The number of courses has grown almost tenfold [since 1989] while the pool of players expanded thirteenfold,? said Czech Golfing Federation (?GF) general secretary Miloslav Holub. There are now 60 courses throughout the country, and dozens of new courses are presently being developed. The number of registered golfers has grown from some 1,300 shortly after the Velvet Revolution to about 24,000 today.
According to the international consultancy KPMG, the Czech Republic, along with Slovenia, experienced the most progressive development in the CEE region. KPMG cited difficulties in obtaining the necessary permits, environmental opposition and securing financing as the greatest obstacles to building new golf courses.
The ?GF also plans to pursue developing facilities aimed at attracting tourists, including courses in Ústí nad Labem, North Bohemia, and the Karlovy Vary region near the German border. The Karlovy Vary regional government paid K? 1.3 million (? 45.8 million) to the company Golfer for a study on ways to expand the region?s current number of eight golf courses.
?The expansion will undoubtedly lead to an increase in tourism,? Karlovy Vary Regional Governor Josef Pavel said. Golfer?s director, Libor Jirásek, said that the company tracked down about 40 locations that could accommodate a golf course in the future. He said the study would be freely accessible to any would-be investors at the regional government?s offices.
Despite the number of golf courses, the ?GF says the game must be made more accessible, and is calling for more ?public? courses open to all players, regardless of whether or not they have a minimum handicap (previously known as a green card).
?Today, we?ve got enough golf club courses here, and it?s actually sometimes difficult to fill them, since we?ve got only 24,000 registered players in this country,? said ?GF technical committee chairman Karel Vopi?ka. ?What is a problem, though, is the lack of public courses where anyone may go to play.?
Early this year, the Czech Republic boasted two 36-hole courses, two 27-hole courses, over a dozen 18-hole courses and 43 nine-hole courses. Meanwhile, there?s only one public golf course, near Žebrák, Central Bohemia. There are also a few nine-hole courses attached to major courses, such as one in Konopišt?, Central Bohemia, which are accessible to the public.
Vopi?ka said that efforts in the past to cut costs led to the underfunding of golf-course construction. ?The current developers have learned from the past mistakes; they already know that they can?t build a K? 150 million (? 5.3 million) course for only K? 100 million,? he said. |
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