January 17, 2008Xinhua News Agency
The number of golf courses in Cambodia went from two to four in 2007 and should double again to eight by 2010 with four more courses in various stages of planning, English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodian Daily said on Thursday.
The two to open most recently in Siem Reap province are the country's only PGA-rated courses, and they are playing off each other to bolster the kingdom's golf industry, said the paper.
"We are a growing destination, and golf is the fastest growing sport in all of Asia," said Maximilian Kaendler, clubhouse manager at the Phokeethra Country Club in Siem Reap.
About 500 golfers visited the club each month since it opened in April and it hosted the country's first major international golfing event in November.
Meanwhile for the Angkor Golf Resort which opened in November in the province, 1,000 visitors were received in its first month.
"The more we see businesspeople come, the more we see golfers come as well," Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh told the newspaper.
However, said the paper, the Cambodia's golf industry still faces hurdles, as current customers are usually local businessmen and government officials, and few travelers wander onto the courses while visiting the region.
Cham Prasidh said that a demand for golf will arise as long as foreign entrepreneurs continue to invest in Cambodia.
"It is a sport where you develop friendship very fast, which is good for business as well," he said.
The two to open most recently in Siem Reap province are the country's only PGA-rated courses, and they are playing off each other to bolster the kingdom's golf industry, said the paper.
"We are a growing destination, and golf is the fastest growing sport in all of Asia," said Maximilian Kaendler, clubhouse manager at the Phokeethra Country Club in Siem Reap.
About 500 golfers visited the club each month since it opened in April and it hosted the country's first major international golfing event in November.
Meanwhile for the Angkor Golf Resort which opened in November in the province, 1,000 visitors were received in its first month.
"The more we see businesspeople come, the more we see golfers come as well," Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh told the newspaper.
However, said the paper, the Cambodia's golf industry still faces hurdles, as current customers are usually local businessmen and government officials, and few travelers wander onto the courses while visiting the region.
Cham Prasidh said that a demand for golf will arise as long as foreign entrepreneurs continue to invest in Cambodia.
"It is a sport where you develop friendship very fast, which is good for business as well," he said.
5 comments:
HURNGG is better than golf. if you are a cambodian you should know what hurngg is. We should revive Hurngg as Khmer national game. what do you think?
អា មហាសេវាដៃចោរហ៊ុន សែនមិនចេះលែង Golf ប៉ុន្តែ វាបញ្ចេញឫក អោយគេសរសើវា។ គិតទៅ អាល្ងង់ធ្វើចេះ គឺ មហាយ៉ាប់!!
Hun sen is ah MohaServiceDeyJour, also is ah Bandith Plej Rean
ah Bandith Plej Rean means Ph.D without study, that means an ignorant
So ah Hun Sen is an ignorant
Any thig for evil and destroy Cambodian house and farme land Ah hun Xen know how to do it!!!!
VIva PHD from Vietnamse fucking U!
Wenn Khmer go to Vietnam, then they were required for Visa but if Vietnamesse entry to Cambodia full of convoid,in order to vote for CPP for winning, then no one ask them. What is the indipendence state of the kingdoom of Cambodia? All thing are Lie....
That would be right stealing people land to make way for golf courses so that this one eye golfer can enjoy his golf at the expenses of the poor people of Cambodia.
Take a look at the 1 eye wanna be Tiger Wood...except that all of the Tiger in Cambodia are becoming extinct...no more forest just golf courses.
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