Singapore's Marina Bay Sands Is Getting Even Bigger
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Las Vegas Sands increased the Marina Bay Sands expansion budget to US$8 billion for a new fourth tower with its own casino, luxury suites, arena, and more, with construction starting in mid-2025 and opening in 2031.
Cambodia welcomed 4.8 million foreign tourists in the first nine months of 2024, up 22% from 2023, close to pre-pandemic levels. Visitors from Thailand topped the list, followed by Vietnam, China, Laos and the US. In 2023, Cambodia received 5.45 million international tourists generating gross revenue of US$3.08 billion.
The Macau Statistics and Census Service said visitor arrivals grew by 9.9% year on year in September to 2,528,011. That was 91.4% of September 2019 visitor arrivals. Mainland China visitation was up 9.7% to 1,743,695. International arrivals rose by 37.6% year on year to 173,614, recovering to 92.7% of September 2019 levels, Korea led the way with 39,890 arrivals, up 79% year on year. For the first nine months of 2024, Macau’s visitor arrivals were up 30.1% to 25,920,914 which was 85.8% of the same period in 2019.
Las Vegas Sands increased their budget in Singapore for the Marina Bay Sands expansion to US$8 billion. They described the project fo
