This week we’re headed to Wales with our golf reporter (whose official day job is our aviation editor) Robert Silk, who recorded this episode at the International Golf Travel Market show with Jason Thomas the director of culture, sport and tourism for Wales, and Dave Redmond, senior partner with Maryland-based Epic Golf Travel.

IGTM this year was held in Wales, and in this episode the trio talks about the benefits of playing links courses in Wales – and why more American golfers don’t choose Wales over its famous golf-kingpin neighbors, Scotland and Ireland. The conversation tackles golfers’ travel mindsets, as well as how Wales may plan to approach marketing its greens.

This episode was recorded Oct. 20 and has been edited for length and clarity.

Episode sponsor: This episode is sponsored by Hurtigruten Expeditions.

Related reading:

How golf has thrived during the pandemic, and how drive-market golfers could become destination golfers: https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Golfs-ace-in-the-hole 

Lesser-known golf destinations aim to make the cut: https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Lesser-known-golf-destinations-aim-to-make-the-cut

 

This week we&rsquo;re headed to Wales with our golf reporter (whose official day job is our aviation editor) Robert Silk, who recorded this episode at the International Golf Travel Market show with Jason Thomas the director of culture, sport and tourism for Wales, and Dave Redmond, senior partner with Maryland-based Epic Golf Travel.
IGTM this year was held in Wales, and in this episode the trio talks about the benefits of playing links courses in Wales &ndash; and why more American golfers don&rsquo;t choose Wales over its famous golf-kingpin neighbors, Scotland and Ireland. The conversation tackles golfers&rsquo; travel mindsets, as well as how Wales may plan to approach marketing its greens.
This episode was recorded Oct. 20 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Episode sponsor: This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.hurtigruten.com/destinations/">Hurtigruten Expeditions</a>.
Related reading:
How golf has thrived during the pandemic, and how drive-market golfers could become destination golfers: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Golfs-ace-in-the-hole">https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Golfs-ace-in-the-hole </a>
Lesser-known golf destinations aim to make the cut: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Lesser-known-golf-destinations-aim-to-make-the-cut">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Lesser-known-golf-destinations-aim-to-make-the-cut</a>
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Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

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