Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAR 2022年3月 亞博匯 29 封面故事 clear objective of what they wanted to achieve,” he says. “It was crystal clear what they wanted, they ran a very good process, they had outlined parameters, it was highly legalistic, the industry is well regulated – they had an objective. “The Singapore model was to build a giant family amusement leisure destination for long-term visitation (RWS), and a massive convention-based, city-oriented property to bring in international business travelers (MBS), and in both cases gaming supports the development of all that. “But in Thailand the question is ‘Why you would want to do this?’ Thailand is already a massive tourist destination, so what are you trying to achieve? Giving locals somewhere to gamble so they don’t do it overseas? If that’s the objective you put [the IR] in Bangkok. If that’s not the goal you put it in Phuket or Pattaya, but those beachfront casino resorts rarely work because the people that Could Phuket house a casino? 布吉島適合建賭場嗎？ 麼。」他表示，「他們非常清楚自己的 訴求。他們很好地規劃了流程並列出了 參數，皆是高度合法，並且行業受到良 好的監管——他們有好的目標。」 「新加坡的模式是打造一個可以 具長期吸引力的大型家庭娛樂休閒目的 地（聖淘沙名勝世界），以及一個以會 展為基礎、以城市為導向的大型綜合度 假村（濱海灣金沙）以吸引國際商務遊 客，並以博彩支撐上述一切的發展。」 「但在泰國，問題是『為何要這 樣做』？泰國已經是一個龐大的旅遊目 的地，那麼你想要實現甚麼目標？給當 地人提供賭博的地方，這樣他們就不會 在海外賭博？如果這是目標，那麼應將