AGTC Business Session AGTC Business Session
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About AGTC:
AGTC is an annual meeting place for IAGTO
members, focused on golf tourism development
within the Asia, Pacific, Indian Ocean and Gulf
States regions. 420 IAGTO members participated
from 45 countries including 162 golf tour operators
from 34 countries. Golf destinations represented
included Cambodia and the ASEAN countries of
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam; China & Japan; India
& Sri Lanka; Mauritius; Australia & New Zealand; Abu
Dhabi, Dubai & Oman; Russia, Azerbaijan & Turkey.
over 2750 members in 104 countries including over
700 golf tour operator members in 64 countries,
which control more than 87% of golf holiday
packages sold worldwide and which collectively
have annual sales of over €2.5 billion. IAGTO runs
annual Asia and North America Golf Tourism
Conventions exclusively for its member companies,
along with regular Destination Conventions. IAGTO
is the Association Partner of the International Golf
Travel Market and established the International Golf
Travel Writers Association in 2000. IAGTO also runs
the prestigious annual IAGTO Awards.
About IAGTO:
Established in 1997, IAGTO is the global trade
organisation of the golf tourism industry, and has
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