SEDC seeks partners to promote Sarawak as golf destination
KUCHING: The Sarawak Economic Development Corporation ( SEDC) is eyeing more collaboration with strategic partners to boost golf tourism in Sarawak.
“SEDC has always emphasised its role as the State government’s agency that can spur economic development including in golf tourism whereby we want more golfers to visit the Damai Golf and Country Club ( DGCC) which is one of its subsidiaries,” said its general manager Abdul Hadi Abdul Kadir during the signing ceremony of a recent reciprocal agreement between DGCC and Tawau Golf Club a tD G CC in Santubong.
In 2018 alone, he revealed, DGCC was visited by 20,000 golfers from throughout Malaysia and other countries such as USA, United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei.
“We aim to make DGCC one of the popular destinations for tourists particularly gol fers from all over the world and for those who are looking for the unique golfing experience,” he added.
The ceremony was attended by 100 golfers comprising local golfers and members from Tawau Golf Club led by their president Larry Rahim Kho who signed the agreement with DGCC general manager Roslan Mohd Salleh.
According to Larry, most of their members were first-timers to Kuching City and took the opportunity to try out the DGCC golf course which caught their attention after it had hosted last year’s Sarawak Championship as part of the 2018 Asian Tour and Asian Development Tour.
They were impressed with the course which they said was challenging and provided very fine scenery.
Tawau Golf Club, which is one of the oldest clubs in Sabah, was represented by over 80 members who signed up to travel here and to play in the friendly tournament held in conjunction with their visit.