Problem: What is the impact of golf on the Spanish economy? What is the economic impact of golf tourism?

Data: We used data from Mastercard that identifies foreign credit cards that has spent on Spanish golf camps and analyze previous and subsequent spendings in Spain. We passed an extensive survey of 90 questions to the companies that manage the golf camps in Spain.

Conclusions: Golf camps activity in Spain generate directly, indirectly and induced an economic impact of €12,769M and 121,293 jobs.

Benefit for the sponsors: We show the added value that golf brings to the Spanish economy as a catalyst for economic activity and employment.