Thailand, Dubai among five top golf destinations at IAGTO Awards

The prestigious annual awards handed out by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators have recognised two very differing Asian destinations..

Tourism Authority of Thailand holds networking event in Capital

TAT event

Tourism Authority of Thailand dy governor stresses on importance of India as a market for his country’s golf destinations.

Tourism Authority of Thailand hosts two-day golf roadshow

TAT roadshow 1

Promoting Thailand as a golf destination for Indian visitors, Tourism Authority of Thailand held a two-day golf roadshow in the capital last week.

Ting-Hsuan nets first WAAP title for Taipei; Nishna finishes T46

Ting-Hsuan Huang WAAP

Chinese Taipei’s Ting-Hsuan Huang won the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific (WAAP) Championship at Siam Country Club on Sunday.

Golf tourism on the upswing as Covid restrictions ease further

Anahita

Golf tourism continued to regain lost ground as a growing number of countries in Asia and Africa have announced further easing of Covid restrictions.

Season 5 of Thai Golf Pass launched with events on the cards

Thailand

The fifth season of Thai Golf Pass, was launched via a virtual platform on Tuesday with hopes that Thailand would be open to visitors in the near future.

Thai Golf Passport fourth season gets a Delhi launch

Thai Golf Pass

Season four of the Thai Golf Pass loyalty programme was launched earlier this week by Vachirachai Sirisumpan, director of Tourism Authority of Thailand’s New Delhi office.

Indians keen to resume golf in Thailand, survey suggests

Thai golf

Travel to Thailand may still be some way off thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ban on international flightsl, but encouraging signs are in the air.

To Mandalay and back as Myanmar On The Run winds down

Leogriffs

The sands of time are running out for Myanmar On The Run and we had to literally race through what Mandalay has on offer.

Shwe Mann Taung; piece of jade in a historic setting

Landscaped

After a week and more of travel,, it was time to put in some yards on the fairways and greens at Shwe Mann Taung in Mandalay.

Myanmar on the run: Bullock-carts and bullet points

Bullock carts

You may wonder at the lead visual with this post, but there is a reason for it as we have discovered during the course of Myanmar On The Run.

Bagan: Where fields of pagodas dot an ancient city’s landscape

Shew ze Gone Pagoda

Myanmar On The Run continues, bringing us to the old, old city of Bagan, seat of power for Myanmar’s kings for a remarkable 55 generations.

Stranded, and rescued, in the nick of time on Myanmar sojourn

Sule Pagoda

Three days into Myanmar On The Run and things are starting to get interesting with last-minute cancellations and schedule-juggling..

Crunching Myanmar in 12 days, means one is really on the run

Yangon Cenyral

For the next 12 days, Teetimetales is on the loose in Myanmar, seeking to share with you a look, feel and taste of the country.

Thai Golf Passport enters Season 2 with more on offer

The Thai Golf Passport loyalty programme enteres season two with more features, partners and a new set of targets.

Jeev, the Royal Trophy at Hua Hin and a global golf award

Jeev Miklha Singh

Thailand’s Hua Hin was last month awarded as Asia’s Golf Destination of the Year by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators for a secomd time.

Blue Canyon Country Club, Phuket: The Canyon Course

The signature 14th hole at the Blue Canyon CC’s Canyon Course. Photo courtesy: phuketgolfcourse.com  Course review By Rahul Banerji As part of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) India contingent to TGTM 2018, some of us took the opportunity to play the Canyon Course at the Blue Canyon Country Club barely an hour after landing …

An Eye-opening Visit

Have always wondered why India lags as a golf destination? It cannot be for lack of opportunity, or availability. A round of golf on most Indian courses is among the cheapest in the world. And yet the gap in terms of demand and supply seems to be ever-growing.