{"id":21628,"date":"2016-11-18T10:13:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T10:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/andalucia-named-european-destination-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2016-11-18T10:13:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T10:13:33","slug":"andalucia-named-european-destination-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/andalucia-named-european-destination-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Andaluc\u00eda Named European Destination of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6397\" src=\"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.holaincompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/images_Actualidad2016_Andalucia-2-Ps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/images_Actualidad2016_Andalucia-2-Ps.jpg 874w, https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/images_Actualidad2016_Andalucia-2-Ps-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/images_Actualidad2016_Andalucia-2-Ps-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/images_Actualidad2016_Andalucia-2-Ps-550x367.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andaluc\u00eda has been presented with the prestigious &#8220;European Golf Destination of the Year&#8221; award on the final night of the International Golf Travel Market in Mallorca.<\/p>\n<p>Announced during the 2017 IAGTO Awards Ceremony, held by global golf tourism industry organisation IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators), the award recognises the region&#8217;s golf tourism promotion and commercialisation as well as its support and marketing with golf tour operators. Minister of tourism and sport Francisco Javier Fernandez was present to receive the award on behalf of the government. It was the second time that Andaluc\u00eda had received this accolade, having previously won it in 2009, a fact which Francisco Javier Fern\u00e1ndez said was the most evident proof of the &#8220;quality and excellence&#8221; of the golf offered by the region.  <\/p>\n<p>The minister highlighted the &#8220;attractive and diverse complementary offers of the region that suit almost all the preferences and desires of the visitor&#8221; and contribute to enhancing Andaluc\u00eda as one of the most complete and competitive destinations worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In a news release accompanying the award announcement, the IAGTO noted, &#8220;Andaluc\u00eda is one of the outstanding golf destinations in continental Europe. With more than a hundred golf courses located all over its territory, the region is the national leader in golf product, and the golf tourism segment is considered as having one of the most significant impacts in the tourist industry of the region. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The destination welcomed 480,000 tourists with golf as the main aim of their trip in 2015. This figure represents an increase of 4.9 per cent compared with the previous year. The region has a special interest in the profile of golf travelers, thanks to their long stay average of 11.4 days, and their average daily spend, which in 2015 reached \u20ac129.68, nearly \u20ac63 more than the average by non-golfing visitors, representing an increase of \u20ac25 compared with the previous year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andaluc\u00eda has been presented with the prestigious &#8220;European Golf Destination of the Year&#8221; award on the final night of the International Golf Travel Market in Mallorca. Announced during the 2017 IAGTO Awards Ceremony, held by global golf tourism industry organisation IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators), the award recognises the region&#8217;s golf tourism promotion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}