Golf tourism boosts Moroccan holiday industry
Golf tourism is one of the fastest growing parts of the Moroccan holiday industry and this sector is leading to the creation of new wealth-generating developments. KPMG published the third annual Golf Benchmark Survey that revealed that Golf has developed and grown in North Africa in the past 10 years. Morocco leads with the way with 18 courses and more than half of the region’s 9,000 golfers, Egypt with 14,Tunisia (10 courses) and Algeria (1 course).
Andrea Sartori, head of KPMG’s Golf Advisory Practice in EMA has said that this is an important report as this is the first time the North African golf market has been studied in such details and in golf business has grown over the past decade and continues to develop with a significant number of projects underway. Despite this autumn’s global financial crisis, he is optimistic about the North Africa region Golf tourism.
Morocco’s tourism minister in an interview with Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa said that he is confident that the global economic turmoil will not impact negatively on perceptions of the North African country as a viable holiday location. Many of the golf developments In Morocco are attracting golfers and holiday home buyers, as well as investors.
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