Thailand Struggles to Articulate Its Gaming Strategy
Photo Credit: View of nightlife in China Town with neon light in Bangkok Thailand. Adobe Stock / Charnsitr
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A 60 member House committee in Thailand that is tasked with considering the possibility of developing Thailand’s first legal casinos continues to have trouble completing the task at hand.
Sunday was the second day of the Chinese New Year holiday period and, as expected, arrivals into Macau accelerated from about 121,000 on Saturday to 163,427 on the second day. The Macao Government Tourism Office expects days three and four to be the busiest. 200,976 of the first two days visitors have come from mainland China, which is not surprising. Another 61,582 have come from Hong Kong.
According to the recent Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics, the hotel construction pipeline in the Asia Pacific excluding China closed 2023’s fourth quarter with a record-high 1,977 projects and 402,156 rooms.
Hotel Construction Pipeline in Asia Pacific (Excluding China) Q4 2023 Pipeline StageProjectsRoomsTotal Pipeline922212,607Scheduled to Start34265,079Early Planning713124,470Luxury24146,808Upper Upscale37083,083Upscale44796,730 Countries in APEC Region with Largest Pipelines Q4 2023 CountryProjectsRoomsIndia51461,075Vietnam25388,827Indo
