Dominican Republic named top Caribbean golf spot

The Dominican Republic was named this year's top destination for a golf holiday in the Caribbean and Latin America region at a recent event in Spain.

On receiving the award from the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO), Francisco Javier Garcia, minister of tourism in the Dominican Republic, said it represented the "consolidation of the development of golf" on the island.

He added: "At the moment we are developing courses of exceptional quality in the Dominican Republic. The new projects represent higher investment in 2009 than for the past four years.

"We will certainly use this award to continue working not only to be the number one golf destination for Latin America and the Caribbean, but to be the number one golf destination in the world."

Other winners at the IAGTO awards ceremony in Marbella included Dubai, which was named the 'golf destination of the year' in the Africa, Gulf states and Indian Ocean region.

New Zealand picked up the equivalent award for the Asia and Australasia region, while Kenya was named the year's 'undiscovered golf destination'.

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