Millionaires Get To Quarantine In This Luxury Golf Course
Quarantine looks very different for those who can afford the luxury of a Bangkok golfing lockdown. Those with the means can rest on the greens as the country is offering a progam that allows its golf course for guests to socially distance their way through the pandemic.
The Artitaya Country Club tests visitors three days after their arrival and mandate at least two more tests before they are permitted to leave quarantine. Although many of the extra facilities are closed, golfing is not. The game that is known for placing huge space between players (and sometimes even the ball they are desperately searching for) seems to be a perfect fit for the new normal that comes with COVID exposure.
"Think of 41 Koreans golfing as you roam around the course, served by over 100 employees. It's like emperor's golfing," Heo Kwang-eum told CNN. Heo is a South Korean businessman who, along with 41 others, chose the resort offered by the Thai government to boost tourism. This program of golf quarantine is called, well, "Golf Quarantine."
How much does this luxury package cost? For 2.49 million won(or $2,240), those staying found the cost quite reasonable when compared to another, less luxurious, two week hotel room isolation period.
Ku Jung-keun, general manager of the Artitaya Country Club, told Reuters, "The golf quarantine offers three safe (coronavirus) tests and time to enjoy golfing. Doctors provide daily health check-ups for the guests, too."
The resort says that their requests are outnumbering the ones they receive during non-COVID times. It's all thanks to this new initiative as, initially, sales slumped amid the pandemic. The Golf Quarantine has been a boon to business.
"We have around 100 rooms available for up to 150 people. We are receiving three times more inquiries (than in usual periods) about the package," according to the club's Seoul operations director Hong Soon-bong.
Thailand has shown immense success and garnered praise for its control of the coronavirus since the outbreak in early 2020. While most credit strict border controls for the low numbers, they also say it's the main reason behind the disastrous tourism industry left in its wake. Revenues have dropped by 83% with the average number of visitors of 40 million in 2019 falling to 6.7 million last year.
This new golf initiative is drawing in a small percentage of the 250,000 South Korean golfers that Thailand welcomed back in 2019, before the outbreak. However, with successful packages like these and the positive reviews from visitors like Heo, those behind the plan hope to see it adopted across the country and included in more resorts going forward.
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