Golf tourism’s international map is being redrawn by investment in a growing market

Golf tourism is no longer confined to a handful of established destinations. According to Future Market Insights[1], the global golf tourism market is forecast to reach USD 29.5 billion in 2026, and increasingly that growth is coming from destinations that would once have been considered off the beaten fairway. That shift is visible right across the map. From the Gulf to the Caribbean, and from East Africa to East Asia, a new generation of destinations is investing in golf tourism and competing for the attention of international travellers - nowhere more visibly than in the GCC, where Saudi Arabia has emerged as one of the most closely watched golf destinations in the world.