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Oncourse system8/11/2023 In total, £18m was generated in green fees at the Northern Ireland clubs included in the research. The report also revealed a consistent rise in green fees generated across every month in 2022 with the largest rise seen in December when £1.4 million was generated compared to £112,000 in 2019. In global terms, visitor green fee revenue increased by 153% in 2022 compared to 2019 as international travel bounced back and clubs reverted to full pricing. There was also a sizeable jump in bookings from Scotland, with £681,000 generated in green fees at clubs in 2022, an increase of 216% on 2019. The research also found that green fee revenue at the Northern Ireland clubs increased steadily from 2019 to 2022, largely attributable to bookings from Ireland.Īlmost £2.6m was generated last year by those travelling from the Republic to the north to play golf, within the clubs examined – a 237% increase on 2019. Of those who made bookings, the vast majority did so through tour operators showing a move away from a finding in 2019 that more people were choosing to travel for golf in Northern Ireland independently.ģ,840 rounds of golf were booked by tour operators at Ardglass Golf Club in Co Down through the BRS Golf tee time booking system in 2022Īccording to the report, bookings through tour operators last year was up 77% on 2019. This is compared to 587,199 bookings made in 2019 – a 30% increase. The figures show that in 2022 there were 762,575 bookings made by visitors at the 75 golf clubs in Northern Ireland. The report excluded rounds booked by tour operators directly with golf clubs and also does not include all clubs, such as the 2017 Irish Open venue Portstewart Golf Club. The report `Golf Tourism in Northern Ireland: How the pandemic and recovery has impacted visitor golf’, examined data from 75 golf clubs in Northern Ireland which use the BRS Golf tee time booking system. Research commissioned by the tourism body also found Northern Ireland experienced a large increase in visitor green fee revenue in 2022, with expenditure on bookings surging both during on and off season. The number of tee times booked by visitors to Northern Ireland last year was 30% higher than pre-Covid levels, new figures from Tourism NI have revealed.
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