Digitalization, communication and, above all, sustainability, are the three common threads of PlaySpain.golf, a new project financed by the NextGen Fund of the General Secretariat of Tourism to promote golf in Spain.
This new platform was born with the aim of unifying the entire golf tourism offer in Spain and, in turn, broadcasting what this industry means to the country and eradicating the stigma of golf among the population in terms of sustainability , is its root column. Project.
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Golf in Spain attracts 1.4 million tourists per year, with a total impact of direct, indirect and induced turnover of 15,937 million euros.
In this sense, the University of Cadiz, in collaboration with the Royal Spanish Golf Federation and the Spanish Association of Golf Courses, has prepared a report on golf courses and water, which confirms the work done over the years in the field of reducing water consumption. .
The headline of the report would be that Spain is the country in Europe in which the most reclaimed water is used to irrigate golf courses. Specifically, 59% of the routes are irrigated with this type of water, compared, for example, 21% in the United States. In Catalonia, the percentage rises to 73 and in the Balearic Islands to 96.
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The report also shows that the population does not understand golf courses’ efforts to reduce water consumption, which is confirmed by the above data. In addition, a return of 147 euros is estimated for each cubic meter used for irrigation, of which 16 remain on the golf course itself and the remaining 131 go to other areas.
As far as numbers are concerned, the economic report on the impact of golf in Spain, which was presented by Professor Juan Santallo of the University of IE, estimates that the total impact on the economy, including direct and indirect turnover, will be 15,937 million euros.
Furthermore, he estimates that 10,000 direct jobs are generated by golf courses in Spain, a job he describes as “quality” because 93% are full-time and with indefinite contracts, much higher than the average for other regions. Is above.
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