$750 Million Expansion of Las Vegas Sands’ Marina Bay Sands in Singapore
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Las Vegas Sands’ Marina Bay Sands in Singapore’s expansion plans received another increase. Marina Bay Sands said they launched the second phase of its significant reinvestment program.
According to the Maldives Ministry of Tourism, they have already seen a 6.4% year-over-year increase in tourist arrivals with Russia, Italy, India, the UK, and Germany the top contributors. The report was that the Maldives has seen 50,983 tourists in the first 9 days of the year with Russia leading the way providing 7,601 of them. While it is now 9 days later and a distinct absence of Indian tourists, this may not be such a wise choice to announce this given everyone will be wanting to see the impact of the India situation.
The Macao Government Tourism Office said they expect a daily average of 120,000 visitors to the city in the eight days of the mainland’s Chinese New Year, beginning February 10. So far in January they have seen 80,000 visitors a day during the week and over 100,000 on weekends. With 114,000 daily arrivals during the Christmas season, that 120,000 visitors a day during a real holiday that the
