Indonesia's Ministry of Tourism has partnered with Garuda Indonesia, Accor Hotels and Malaysian golf tour operators to launch Wonderful Indonesia Le Club Accorhotels Golf Challenge at a media event in Kuala Lumpur.
This is the second promotional event for the campaign following Singapore and will also be rolled out in Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Melbourne, Sydney and Manila.
"This is the first time the government is collaborating with Accor and the consortium to promote golf packages in Indonesia. It helps create awareness of Indonesia as a golf destination and attracts more FIT golfers," said Nia Niscaya, director of international tourism promotion for the Indonesian tourism ministry.
According to Steven Leow, group CEO of tour operator Leisure Golf Services, 22 tournaments will take place in Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya, Batam, Semarang and Yogyakarta from now until January 2016.
Special 4D3N packages have been launched starting from US$470 per person.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
ASEAN PGA Tour Set For Ninth Season
Starting with the Singha Esan Open in February, one of four tournaments jointly sanctioned with the All Thailand Golf Tour, the 2015 ASEAN PGA Tour marks the ninth season since the circuit was inaugurated.
The Singha Pattaya Open, the Singha Hua Hin Open, and the Singha Chiang Mai Open, all part of the All Thailand Golf Tour, return to the schedule.
In addition three events will be jointly sanctioned with the Professional Golf of Malaysia (PGM) Tour in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Port Dickson.
The Borobudur Classic, which was launched last year with great success, also returns to the schedule.
The season will come to a close with the Sabah Masters, an event which over the past three years has cemented its place as the season-ending Tour Championship.
“We are excited to be embarking on our ninth season and we are looking forward to another memorable year which will provide more playing opportunities particularly for our region’s up and coming young players,” said AC Wong, Executive Chairman, ASEAN PGA.
It has been a prolific rise for the ASEAN PGA Tour which boasted five events when it was launched in 2007.
“The Tour is continually looking to expand in to new markets and is hopeful of announcing additional events in 2015,” added Wong.
The 2014/2015 came to a close last month when Singapore’s Mardan Mamat won the Sabah Masters at Sutera Harbour Golf and Country Club.
The tournament also saw Thailand’s Gunn Charoenkul claim the Order of Merit title.
He topped the Merit list, and secured a OneAsia card, with earnings of US$34,299 following three victories.
2015 ASEAN PGA Tour Schedule
Singha Esan Open
February 26 – March 1
Singha Park Golf Club, Khon Kaen, Thailand
US$ 100,000
Singha Pattaya Open
Burapha Golf Club, Thailand
March 26 - 29
US$100,000
PGM-ASEAN PGA UMW Impian Championship
Impian Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur
April 1 to 4
US$60,000
Singha Chiang Mai Open
Mae Jo Golf Club and Resort, Thailand
August 6 to 9
US$60,000
PGM-ASEAN PGA Penang Classic
Penang Golf Club, Malaysia
September 9 to 12
US$60,000
PGM-ASEAN PGA PD Championship
Penang Golf Club, Penang
October 14 to 17
US$60,000
Singha Hua Hin Open
Royal Hua Hin Golf Club, Thailand
October 29 – November 1
US$60,000
Borobudur Classic
Borobudur Golf & Country Club, Magelang
November 18 to 21
US$60,000
Sabah Masters
Venue TBA
Dates TBA
US$100,000
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Merapi Golf Club In Top Ten World's Deadliest Golf Courses
Jakarta, 19 November - In a recent article for the British "The Independent", journalist Zoah Hedges-Stocks lists her take on the world's 10 deadliest golf courses.
Where dangers vary from crocodiles to landmines to extreme weather, the number 7 spot is for Indonesia's Merapi Golf Club. Its location on the slopes of Indonesia's most active volcano, Mount Merapi, where as recent as 2010 122 people died after an eruption that caused parts of the golf course to be covered in lava, got it to be included in this top ten.
As most of the days the smoke spewing mountain provides just a dramatic backdrop for a great round of gold, one should never forget that danger is real here.
For the full article, please follow the link to The Independent here.
Where dangers vary from crocodiles to landmines to extreme weather, the number 7 spot is for Indonesia's Merapi Golf Club. Its location on the slopes of Indonesia's most active volcano, Mount Merapi, where as recent as 2010 122 people died after an eruption that caused parts of the golf course to be covered in lava, got it to be included in this top ten.
As most of the days the smoke spewing mountain provides just a dramatic backdrop for a great round of gold, one should never forget that danger is real here.
For the full article, please follow the link to The Independent here.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Merapi Quarterly Open Golf Tournament Series II
The Merapi Quarterly Open Golf Tournament Series II will be held on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at Merapi Golf Course, Yogyakarta.
Prizes to be won include:
1. Member: Rp. 700,000
2. Guest: Rp. 1,200,000
Registration will be on "First Come First Serve" basis.
For reservations contact Golf Merapi Yogyakarta at (0274) 896 176 - 78 or 0818 271 793.
Prizes to be won include:
- Hole In One: Mitsubishi Pajero, Toyota Fortuner, and cash.
- Lucky Draws: fridge, washing machine, TV, mountain bikes, Grand Prize Motorcycle, and many more.
- Gift: T-Shirt / Polo Shirt.
- Best nett overall of the 4 series is entitled to a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle.
1. Member: Rp. 700,000
2. Guest: Rp. 1,200,000
Registration will be on "First Come First Serve" basis.
For reservations contact Golf Merapi Yogyakarta at (0274) 896 176 - 78 or 0818 271 793.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
GWI Portfolio Extends To Yogyakarta And Surabaya
Surabaya, 23 Oct. 2012 - Five golf courses and three hotels have joined the Golf Wonderful Indonesia cooperative, signaling the momentum and appeal of this new destination-marketing initiative and delivering on the promise of organizers to offer international golf holiday-makers premium stay-and-play options across the Archipelago.
Golf Wonderful Indonesia, a consortium of premium courses, hotels and lifestyle outlets, has gathered these tourism partners in order to assemble series of custom golf travel packages that leverage the country's unique standing as a golf destination. Those packages are available via the branded web portal, www.golfwonderfulindonesia.com, which also serves as a clearinghouse of information centered on golf and tourism activities in country.
In August, Golf Wonderful Indonesia launched the site and an initial set of packages, with Jakarta as a hub and starting point. Today it adds courses and hotels in and around the ancient city of Yogyakarta and the country's second city, Surabaya.
New golf course partners include:
* Taman Dayu Golf Club & Resort, in Surabaya, a stunning Jack Nicklaus design laid out at the foot of Mt. Welirang.
* Finna Golf, in Surabaya, designed by Australian legend Peter Thompson amid the lush, tropical highlands of East Java.
* Bukit Darmo Golf, another sterling Nicklaus effort, located just 10 minutes from Surabaya's city center.
* Merapi Golf & Mountain Resort, in Yogyakarta, designed by Thompson some 800 meters above sea level and ringed by volcanic peaks.
* Borobudur International Golf & Country Club, in Yogyakarta, laid out by Douglas Duncanson next door to the famed 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument for which the club is named.
New Golf Wonderful hotel partners include:
* The Majapahit Hotel Surabaya, an historic 5-star property founded in 1910 by the Sarkies family, whose collection of grand hotels included Raffles in Singapore, The Strand in Rangoon, and The Eastern & Oriental in Penang.
* The Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta, an elegant 5-star property set amid 24 hectares of beautifully landscaped gardens on the outskirts of the city, the cultural heart of Java.
* The JW Marriott Surabaya, a gleamingly modern, 5-star high-rise whose 25 floors look out upon the city's most fashionable shopping district.
Golf tour packages to Surabaya and Yogyakarta, incorporating the new Golf Wonderful properties above, will be released by the end of October and posted at www.golfwonderfulindonesia.com, according to Harmony Le Riche, president director of PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara, the tour operator managing all in-bound traffic for Golf Wonderful Indonesia.
"Our efforts here differ from those of typical destination marketing and golf tour-packaging efforts in that the golf courses are already here -- some 170 of them -- and golf aficionados acknowledge the cream of the crop to be among the best resort tracks in Asia-Pacific," said Le Riche.
"Golf Wonderful is determined to bring in the pick of that litter as course partners, and this new group of courses in Yogyakarta and Surabaya certainly meet that high standard. Interest from top courses and hotels -- in the 4- and 5-star categories -- has been exceptionally high. We expect to announce partnerships by the start of 2013 that enable golfers to choose and customize itineraries from combinations of courses and hotels in Jakarta, Bogor, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Bandung and Bali."
Le Riche noted the Golf Wonderful Indonesia (GWI) brand clearly displays the strong support and partnership it enjoys from the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism, whose overarching slogan is "Wonderful Indonesia". National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is another GWI partner - the airline is now flying golf clubs free of charge.
That said, privately owned entities form the remainder of consortium membership, which also includes restaurants (for example, Negev, Jakarta's hottest new bistro) and golf teaching facilities (the Leadbetter Golf Academy at Cengkareng Golf Club).
Tour operator PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara has secured from all of its partners special rates enabling remarkably affordable and flexible packages available only through Golf Wonderful Indonesia.
"It's important that golfers and our fellow tour operators and travel agents understand how this works," said Le Riche. "We have secured exclusive rates with our partner courses and hotels, enabling extremely affordable packages that we intend to sell directly to golfers through golfwonderfulindonesia.com. That said, we fully expect and welcome international tour operators and travel agents to partner with us in the selling of these packages, as well, because PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara will handle all logistics on the ground here in Jakarta and across Indonesia.
"We can guarantee the quality of the Golf Wonderful Indonesia experience, the reliability of our transport, our logistics and local knowledge. But flexibility is also paramount. That's why we've provided a range of hotel partners to suit the budgets of various traveling golfers. We also recognize there is life outside golf -- we're eager to customize packages to enable golfing tourists the chance to experience all that Indonesia has to offer, from Jakarta to East Java, from Yogyakarta to Bali."
The website, www.golfwonderfulindonesia.com, is not merely the definitive source of information on golf in Indonesia. It is complemented by interactive media components including the Golf Wonderful Blog (recent items include a court victory ensuring that taxes burdens on Indonesian golf courses -- and resulting green fees -- will remain low), the GWI Facebook page (www.facebook.com/golfwonderfulindonesia) and Twitter account (follow GWI @golfwonderful).
For more information on Golf Wonderful Indonesia, contact PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara at +62 21.536.4469 or drop an email to info@golfwonderfulindonesia.com
Golf Wonderful Indonesia, a consortium of premium courses, hotels and lifestyle outlets, has gathered these tourism partners in order to assemble series of custom golf travel packages that leverage the country's unique standing as a golf destination. Those packages are available via the branded web portal, www.golfwonderfulindonesia.com, which also serves as a clearinghouse of information centered on golf and tourism activities in country.
In August, Golf Wonderful Indonesia launched the site and an initial set of packages, with Jakarta as a hub and starting point. Today it adds courses and hotels in and around the ancient city of Yogyakarta and the country's second city, Surabaya.
New golf course partners include:
* Taman Dayu Golf Club & Resort, in Surabaya, a stunning Jack Nicklaus design laid out at the foot of Mt. Welirang.
* Finna Golf, in Surabaya, designed by Australian legend Peter Thompson amid the lush, tropical highlands of East Java.
* Bukit Darmo Golf, another sterling Nicklaus effort, located just 10 minutes from Surabaya's city center.
* Merapi Golf & Mountain Resort, in Yogyakarta, designed by Thompson some 800 meters above sea level and ringed by volcanic peaks.
* Borobudur International Golf & Country Club, in Yogyakarta, laid out by Douglas Duncanson next door to the famed 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument for which the club is named.
New Golf Wonderful hotel partners include:
* The Majapahit Hotel Surabaya, an historic 5-star property founded in 1910 by the Sarkies family, whose collection of grand hotels included Raffles in Singapore, The Strand in Rangoon, and The Eastern & Oriental in Penang.
* The Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta, an elegant 5-star property set amid 24 hectares of beautifully landscaped gardens on the outskirts of the city, the cultural heart of Java.
* The JW Marriott Surabaya, a gleamingly modern, 5-star high-rise whose 25 floors look out upon the city's most fashionable shopping district.
Golf tour packages to Surabaya and Yogyakarta, incorporating the new Golf Wonderful properties above, will be released by the end of October and posted at www.golfwonderfulindonesia.com, according to Harmony Le Riche, president director of PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara, the tour operator managing all in-bound traffic for Golf Wonderful Indonesia.
"Our efforts here differ from those of typical destination marketing and golf tour-packaging efforts in that the golf courses are already here -- some 170 of them -- and golf aficionados acknowledge the cream of the crop to be among the best resort tracks in Asia-Pacific," said Le Riche.
"Golf Wonderful is determined to bring in the pick of that litter as course partners, and this new group of courses in Yogyakarta and Surabaya certainly meet that high standard. Interest from top courses and hotels -- in the 4- and 5-star categories -- has been exceptionally high. We expect to announce partnerships by the start of 2013 that enable golfers to choose and customize itineraries from combinations of courses and hotels in Jakarta, Bogor, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Bandung and Bali."
Le Riche noted the Golf Wonderful Indonesia (GWI) brand clearly displays the strong support and partnership it enjoys from the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism, whose overarching slogan is "Wonderful Indonesia". National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is another GWI partner - the airline is now flying golf clubs free of charge.
That said, privately owned entities form the remainder of consortium membership, which also includes restaurants (for example, Negev, Jakarta's hottest new bistro) and golf teaching facilities (the Leadbetter Golf Academy at Cengkareng Golf Club).
Tour operator PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara has secured from all of its partners special rates enabling remarkably affordable and flexible packages available only through Golf Wonderful Indonesia.
"It's important that golfers and our fellow tour operators and travel agents understand how this works," said Le Riche. "We have secured exclusive rates with our partner courses and hotels, enabling extremely affordable packages that we intend to sell directly to golfers through golfwonderfulindonesia.com. That said, we fully expect and welcome international tour operators and travel agents to partner with us in the selling of these packages, as well, because PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara will handle all logistics on the ground here in Jakarta and across Indonesia.
"We can guarantee the quality of the Golf Wonderful Indonesia experience, the reliability of our transport, our logistics and local knowledge. But flexibility is also paramount. That's why we've provided a range of hotel partners to suit the budgets of various traveling golfers. We also recognize there is life outside golf -- we're eager to customize packages to enable golfing tourists the chance to experience all that Indonesia has to offer, from Jakarta to East Java, from Yogyakarta to Bali."
The website, www.golfwonderfulindonesia.com, is not merely the definitive source of information on golf in Indonesia. It is complemented by interactive media components including the Golf Wonderful Blog (recent items include a court victory ensuring that taxes burdens on Indonesian golf courses -- and resulting green fees -- will remain low), the GWI Facebook page (www.facebook.com/golfwonderfulindonesia) and Twitter account (follow GWI @golfwonderful).
For more information on Golf Wonderful Indonesia, contact PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara at +62 21.536.4469 or drop an email to info@golfwonderfulindonesia.com
Monday, July 30, 2012
Golf Wonderful Indonesia Launches New Web Portal
Jakarta, 28 July 2012 - Golf Wonderful Indonesia, a consortium of premium courses, hotels and lifestyle outlets, has today thrown open the doors to discerning golfers across Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America with a series of golf travel packages that leverage the country’s unique standing as a golf destination.
The branded web portal, www.golfwonderfulindonesia.com, also launches today with a wealth of information, and packages, centered on golf and holiday-making across the Indonesian archipelago, with Jakarta as a hub and starting point.
“Golf Wonderful Indonesia is indeed unique because, contrary to the way many golf destinations are formed and administered, we happily have it backwards,” said Harmony Le Riche, President Director of PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara, the tour operator managing all in-bound traffic for Golf Wonderful Indonesia.
“Most regions claim the ‘golf destination’ mantle before there are truly enough quality courses, enough worthy hotels and off-course entertainment options to make that claim ring true. Indonesia, on the other hand, already boasts dozens of the finest golf courses in Asia-Pacific, most of them clustered together in established hubs like Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Bogor and Bali. Indonesia has never really focused on golf-specific promotion and packaging; it has been a well kept secret.
“But now the secret is out, with the launch of Golf Wonderful Indonesia. We are ready to share with the world how travel here is affordable, practical and integral to everything else the country has to offer on the tourism front.”
Le Riche noted the Golf Wonderful Indonesia brand clearly displays the strong support and partnership it enjoys from the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism, whose overarching slogan is “Wonderful Indonesia”. National flag carrier and airline Garuda Indonesia is another partner, but privately owned entities form the remainder of consortium membership which, for now, centers on Jakarta, home to a surfeit of top-shelf courses and accommodations. According to Le Riche, additional courses, hotels and corresponding packages will be added across the country in the coming months.
Golf Wonderful Indonesia today includes the following golf course partners:
The Golf Wonderful Indonesia consortium also includes four hotel partners, three in the 5-star realm -- The Hotel Mulia Senayan, The Park Lane Jakarta and Four Seasons Jakarta -- and another in the 4-star category: The Aston Rasuna.
Tour operator PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara has secured from all of its partners special rates enabling remarkably affordable and flexible packages available only through Golf Wonderful Indonesia.
“It’s important that golfers and our fellow tour operators and travel agents understand how this works,” said Le Riche. “We have secured exclusive rates with our partner courses and hotels, enabling extremely affordable packages that we intend to sell directly to golfers through golfwonderfulindonesia.com. That said, we fully expect international tour operators and travel agents to partner with us in the selling of these packages, as well, because PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara will handle all logistics on the ground here in Jakarta and across Indonesia.
“We can guarantee the quality of the Golf Wonderful Indonesia experience, the reliability of our transport and logistics. But flexibility is also paramount. That’s why we’ve provided a range of hotel partners to suit the budgets of various traveling golfers. We also recognize there is life outside golf -- we’re eager to customize packages to enable golfing tourists the chance to experience all that Indonesia has to offer, from Jakarta to Jawa Timur, from Yogyakarta to Bali.”
The new website, www.golfwonderfulindonesia.com, is not merely the definitive source of information on golf in Indonesia. It is complemented by interactive media components including the Golf Wonderful Blog (wherein Arjuna Wayang has just been introduced as GWI’s official mascot and enlightened warrior king); the GWI Facebook page (www.facebook.com/golfwonderfulindonesia); and Twitter account (follow GWI @golfwonderful).
The branded web portal, www.golfwonderfulindonesia.com, also launches today with a wealth of information, and packages, centered on golf and holiday-making across the Indonesian archipelago, with Jakarta as a hub and starting point.
“Golf Wonderful Indonesia is indeed unique because, contrary to the way many golf destinations are formed and administered, we happily have it backwards,” said Harmony Le Riche, President Director of PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara, the tour operator managing all in-bound traffic for Golf Wonderful Indonesia.
“Most regions claim the ‘golf destination’ mantle before there are truly enough quality courses, enough worthy hotels and off-course entertainment options to make that claim ring true. Indonesia, on the other hand, already boasts dozens of the finest golf courses in Asia-Pacific, most of them clustered together in established hubs like Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Bogor and Bali. Indonesia has never really focused on golf-specific promotion and packaging; it has been a well kept secret.
“But now the secret is out, with the launch of Golf Wonderful Indonesia. We are ready to share with the world how travel here is affordable, practical and integral to everything else the country has to offer on the tourism front.”
Le Riche noted the Golf Wonderful Indonesia brand clearly displays the strong support and partnership it enjoys from the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism, whose overarching slogan is “Wonderful Indonesia”. National flag carrier and airline Garuda Indonesia is another partner, but privately owned entities form the remainder of consortium membership which, for now, centers on Jakarta, home to a surfeit of top-shelf courses and accommodations. According to Le Riche, additional courses, hotels and corresponding packages will be added across the country in the coming months.
Golf Wonderful Indonesia today includes the following golf course partners:
- Cengkareng Golf Club, a Walter Raleigh Stewart-designed 18 that has played host to multiple Indonesian Opens, co-sanctioned by the European PGA Tour
- Royale Jakarta Golf Club, the 27-hole JMP Design and site of the Asian Tour’s CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters, presented by PNTS, through 2013
- Emeralda Golf Club, whose 27 holes -- designed by none other than Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus -- have hosted the Dunhill Asian Masters and the Volvo Masters Asia.
- Jababeka Golf & Country Club, a sterling 18 from the hand of 6-time major champion Nick Faldo that has earned the undying loyalty of Jakarta’s golf-savvy set.
The Golf Wonderful Indonesia consortium also includes four hotel partners, three in the 5-star realm -- The Hotel Mulia Senayan, The Park Lane Jakarta and Four Seasons Jakarta -- and another in the 4-star category: The Aston Rasuna.
Tour operator PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara has secured from all of its partners special rates enabling remarkably affordable and flexible packages available only through Golf Wonderful Indonesia.
“It’s important that golfers and our fellow tour operators and travel agents understand how this works,” said Le Riche. “We have secured exclusive rates with our partner courses and hotels, enabling extremely affordable packages that we intend to sell directly to golfers through golfwonderfulindonesia.com. That said, we fully expect international tour operators and travel agents to partner with us in the selling of these packages, as well, because PT Panorama Wisata Nusantara will handle all logistics on the ground here in Jakarta and across Indonesia.
“We can guarantee the quality of the Golf Wonderful Indonesia experience, the reliability of our transport and logistics. But flexibility is also paramount. That’s why we’ve provided a range of hotel partners to suit the budgets of various traveling golfers. We also recognize there is life outside golf -- we’re eager to customize packages to enable golfing tourists the chance to experience all that Indonesia has to offer, from Jakarta to Jawa Timur, from Yogyakarta to Bali.”
The new website, www.golfwonderfulindonesia.com, is not merely the definitive source of information on golf in Indonesia. It is complemented by interactive media components including the Golf Wonderful Blog (wherein Arjuna Wayang has just been introduced as GWI’s official mascot and enlightened warrior king); the GWI Facebook page (www.facebook.com/golfwonderfulindonesia); and Twitter account (follow GWI @golfwonderful).
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Constitutional Court Rules Golf A Sport
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday approved a judicial review by the Indonesian Golf Association and several golf companies, stating that entertainment tax levied against the golf industry is unconstitutional.
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday approved a judicial review by the Indonesian Golf Association and several golf companies, stating that entertainment tax levied against the golf industry is unconstitutional.
Golf in Indonesia will now be legally classified as a sport, and subject to a different (and likely lower) realm of taxation.
“The word ‘golf’ in the Law on Regional and Retribution Tax is against the 1945 Constitution, and therefore no longer legally binding,” presiding judge Ahmad Sodiki said, as quoted by Antara.
Under the old law, golf was categorized as entertainment, and subject to similar taxes as karaoke, nightclubs, billiards, bowling, massage parlors and art performances.
The golf association and several companies complained that categorizing golf as entertainment resulted in an unfairly high taxation rate of up to 35 percent, with different regions given the discretion to set the rate at or below that number.
“Tax charges should consider all aspects, including the type of the business or event that could be subject to tax, as well as the justice . . . for tax payers,” judge Akil Mochtar said. He said that the classifying golf as a sport seemed more suitable, given that there were numerous national and international tournaments, and because people played golf for health and recreation purposes.
“Therefore, golf could not be categorized only as entertainment, and cannot be an object of entertainment taxes,” Akil said.
But one of the nine Constitutional Court judges dissented — justice Achmad Sodiki said that golf is indeed entertainment that happens to contain elements of a sport.
“Golf can not be seen as black and white,” Achmad said. “Many people like golf as entertainment for weekend recreation. [Golf] also makes efforts to lift up it’s image and enter certain respected social economic segments. It is also a communication media for friendship and business among elite people.”
Interested companies in the judicial review included Pondok Indah Padang Golf, Sentul Highlands Golf Club, Cengkareng Golf Club, Palm Hill Golf Course, New Kuta Golf and Ocean View, Merapi Golf, Karawang International Golf Course and Damai Indah Golf.
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday approved a judicial review by the Indonesian Golf Association and several golf companies, stating that entertainment tax levied against the golf industry is unconstitutional.
Golf in Indonesia will now be legally classified as a sport, and subject to a different (and likely lower) realm of taxation.
“The word ‘golf’ in the Law on Regional and Retribution Tax is against the 1945 Constitution, and therefore no longer legally binding,” presiding judge Ahmad Sodiki said, as quoted by Antara.
Under the old law, golf was categorized as entertainment, and subject to similar taxes as karaoke, nightclubs, billiards, bowling, massage parlors and art performances.
The golf association and several companies complained that categorizing golf as entertainment resulted in an unfairly high taxation rate of up to 35 percent, with different regions given the discretion to set the rate at or below that number.
“Tax charges should consider all aspects, including the type of the business or event that could be subject to tax, as well as the justice . . . for tax payers,” judge Akil Mochtar said. He said that the classifying golf as a sport seemed more suitable, given that there were numerous national and international tournaments, and because people played golf for health and recreation purposes.
“Therefore, golf could not be categorized only as entertainment, and cannot be an object of entertainment taxes,” Akil said.
But one of the nine Constitutional Court judges dissented — justice Achmad Sodiki said that golf is indeed entertainment that happens to contain elements of a sport.
“Golf can not be seen as black and white,” Achmad said. “Many people like golf as entertainment for weekend recreation. [Golf] also makes efforts to lift up it’s image and enter certain respected social economic segments. It is also a communication media for friendship and business among elite people.”
Interested companies in the judicial review included Pondok Indah Padang Golf, Sentul Highlands Golf Club, Cengkareng Golf Club, Palm Hill Golf Course, New Kuta Golf and Ocean View, Merapi Golf, Karawang International Golf Course and Damai Indah Golf.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Java League Junior Open Tournament 2012
During the summer vacation period the Java League Junior Open Tournament will be held.
Information & Registration:
Phone: (0274) 896 176-7, fax: (0274) 896 179
Email: mrpgolf@indosat.net.id
Information & Registration:
Phone: (031) 731 5500, fax: (031) 731 0477
Email: marketing@golfgraha.com
Java League Junior Participants can play both tournaments for IDR 1,500,000 er person (Caddie Fee & tips excluded).
Merapi Golf Junior Open Tournament, Yogyakarta
| Location: | Merapi Golf & Mountain Resort |
| Date: | 20-21 June 2012 |
| Fee: | IDR 800,000 per person (Caddie Fee & Tips excluded) |
Phone: (0274) 896 176-7, fax: (0274) 896 179
Email: mrpgolf@indosat.net.id
Era-Graha Junior Open Tournament, Surabaya
| Location: | Golf Graha Famili & Country Club |
| Date: | 25-26 June 2012 |
| Fee: | IDR 800,000 per person (Caddie Fee & Tips excluded) |
Phone: (031) 731 5500, fax: (031) 731 0477
Email: marketing@golfgraha.com
| Boys Division | Age | Girls Division | Age |
| Special Flight | 18-21 | ||
| A Class | 15-17 | A Class | 15-21 |
| B Class | 13-14 | B Class | 13-14 |
| C Class | 11-12 | C Class | 11-12 |
| D Class | 09-10 | D Class | 10 and below |
| E Class | 8 and below |
Java League Junior Participants can play both tournaments for IDR 1,500,000 er person (Caddie Fee & tips excluded).
Monday, October 17, 2011
JCJHA Save Borobodur Charity Golf Tournament
The Jogja & Central Java Hotels Association (JCJHA) is organizing the JCJHA Save Borobudur Charity Golf Tournament to raise funds for the support and preservation of the Borobudur Temple complex and generate economic activities in its surrounding areas.
You can join this fun day and contribute to the safe guarding of Borobudur.
DATE: Sunday 23 October 2011
LOCATION: Merapi Golf, Yogyakarta
FORMAT: 18 Hole Stroke Play
RULES: The R&A Limited and Local Rules of Merapi Golf
FEE: IDR 1,250,000 per person
REGISTRATION: 05.30-06.30 AM
SHOTGUN: 07.00 AM
Hole in One prizes 1 unit Toyota Camry and 2 units Toyota Avanza.
Please register with JCJHA secretariat:
Phone: +62 274 488588
Fax: +62 374 484589
Email: lea.meliana@sheratonyogya.com
Bank Account: 018-0100-669-009
Account Name: PT Mustika Princess Hotel
Bank Details: CIMB Niaga - Jl Jendral Sudirman Yogyakarta
You can join this fun day and contribute to the safe guarding of Borobudur.
DATE: Sunday 23 October 2011
LOCATION: Merapi Golf, Yogyakarta
FORMAT: 18 Hole Stroke Play
RULES: The R&A Limited and Local Rules of Merapi Golf
FEE: IDR 1,250,000 per person
REGISTRATION: 05.30-06.30 AM
SHOTGUN: 07.00 AM
Hole in One prizes 1 unit Toyota Camry and 2 units Toyota Avanza.
Please register with JCJHA secretariat:
Phone: +62 274 488588
Fax: +62 374 484589
Email: lea.meliana@sheratonyogya.com
Bank Account: 018-0100-669-009
Account Name: PT Mustika Princess Hotel
Bank Details: CIMB Niaga - Jl Jendral Sudirman Yogyakarta
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
JOGLOSEMAR Golf Package At Merapi Golf Yogyakarta
MERAPI GOLF, on the slopes of Mount Merapi, Yogyakarta, announced that from 1 October 2011 the following rates and conditions apply:
For reservations contact Merapi Golf at +62 274 896176
- The "JOGLOSEMAR" golf package is valid on Mondays and Tuesdays only, except national holidays.
- The package price for "JOGLESEMAR" is IDR 350,000 per player, includes Green Fee, Caddy Fee, golf cart and 1 bottle of mineral water.
- The "JOGLOSEMAR" package is only available to Indonesian nationals and KITAS holders.
- Regular golf fees:
Wednesday/Thursday : IDR 484,000/player
Friday/Sunday : IDR 814,000/player
Saturday/national holiday : IDR 869,000/player
- 50% discount on regular fee for additional 9 holes after finishing 18 holes on the same day.
- 25% discount on regular fee for additional 18 holes after finishing 18 holes, to be ordered and paid same day, but can be played next day.
- Valid from 1 October until further notice.
For reservations contact Merapi Golf at +62 274 896176
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Hyarta Open Golf Tournament
The Hyarta Open Golf Tournament will be held on:
date: 23-24 July 2011
location: Hyatt Regency Golf Course Yogyakarta
Hole-in-one prizes:
Mercedes Benz S Class
Ford Fiesta
Cash Rp. 150,000,000.-
Lucky draw:
Honda Scoopy
TV LCD
Laptop
and many more...
For registration call (0274) 869 123 ext 88725
date: 23-24 July 2011
location: Hyatt Regency Golf Course Yogyakarta
Hole-in-one prizes:
Mercedes Benz S Class
Ford Fiesta
Cash Rp. 150,000,000.-
Lucky draw:
Honda Scoopy
TV LCD
Laptop
and many more...
For registration call (0274) 869 123 ext 88725
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