Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura Says MGM Casino Not Reliant on Chinese Players
Reading Time: < 1 minute Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura believes that MGMâs casino in partnership with ORIX will be viable even without the influx of Chinese players, once seen as the most important tourist player for Japanâs casino ambitions. He said: âWe had a huge volume of inbound Chinese tourists in mind when the project was still in its early stages. However, it still remains an extremely popular destination from tourists from all over Asia, including Korea, from Taiwan and from all over Southeast Asia. I do believe that the business is perfectly viable without the Chinese tourists.â Japanâs Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism meanwhile has confirmed it is improbable that the government will be able to sign off on Japanâs two future casinos in Osaka and Nagasaki by the end of 2022. The prefectural governments in Osaka and Nagasaki had hoped for a defining decision to be reached in autumn 2022. They are still hopeful though that casino builds will commence in the first half of 2023.
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Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura believes that MGMâs casino in partnership with ORIX will be viable even without the influx of Chinese players, once seen as the most important tourist player for Japanâs casino ambitions.
He said: âWe had a huge volume of inbound Chinese tourists in mind when the project was still in its early stages. However, it still remains an extremely popular destination from tourists from all over Asia, including Korea, from Taiwan and from all over Southeast Asia. I do believe that the business is perfectly viable without the Chinese tourists.â
Japanâs Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism meanwhile has confirmed it is improbable that the government will be able to sign off on Japanâs two future casinos in Osaka and Nagasaki by the end of 2022.
The prefectural governments in Osaka and Nagasaki had hoped for a defining decision to be reached in autumn 2022. They are still hopeful though that casino builds will commence in the first half of 2023.