A CONSORTIUM of five Malaysian tour operators specialising in golfing holidays, together with the Ministry of Tourism Indonesia, Garuda Indonesia and Accor Hotels, launched theWonderful Indonesia Le Club Accorhotels Golf Challenge in Malaysia today.
Nia Niscaya, director of international tourism promotion, Ministry of Tourism Indonesia, said: “This is the first time the government is collaborating with Accor and the consortium to promote golf packages in Indonesia. It helps create awareness of Indonesia as a golf destination and attracts more FIT golfers.”
Malaysia is the second market after Singapore to see the launch of the golf challenge, which will be rolled out in destinations where Garuda has direct flights, namely Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Melbourne, Sydney and Manila.
This series of Wonderful Indonesia tournaments are expected to attract some 60,000 international golfers.
Steven Leow, group CEO of Leisure Golf Services, which is part of the consortium, shared that a total of 22 tournaments will run in Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya, Batam, Semarang and Jogjakarta from February 2015 to January 2016. The 4D3N packages start from US$470.
According to Garuda Indonesia’s country manager for Malaysia, Dasep M Suanda, the airline will reinstate direct services from Jakarta to Manila from June.
