Gambling tourism in Macau: The current condition and development perspectives
Keywords:
Macau, gambling tourism, cultural tourismAbstract
Gambling is becoming more and more popular every year. Moreover, since the last 30 years gambling tourism have noted a tremendous growth in the number of participating tourists and received income. Especially rapid increase can be observed in Asia-Pacific Region, namely in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Cambodia, Burma, the Philippines, and Singapore. However, there is one place that keeps superiority in the field of the biggest and the best quality of gambling city in the world. This place is Macau. The year 2002 began the process of casinos liberation, and simplification of visa obtaining processes for the Chinese who travel from continental China to Macau and Hong Kong (Individual Visitation Scheme - IVS). That caused a dramatic increase in the number of visitors. Thus, the economy of Macau is based on tourism and gambling. Gambling-focused researches show various positive impacts, especially economic, that gambling tourism brings. This paper, however, is focused on socio-economic approach, and the main aim is to analyse quantitative and spatial development of gambling tourism. Furthermore, in the analysis further development perspectives of gambling in Macau was shown.References
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