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IAG FEB 2023年2月 亞博匯 22 ALL EIGHT JEJU CASINOS OPERATIONAL AGAIN 濟州島的所有八家 賭場都重新運營 THE LAST OF JEJU’S EIGHT CASINOS to reopen following a series of forced COVID-19 closures is operational again, representing the first time in three years that all casinos on the South Korean holiday island have been open at the same time. Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced that the last remaining holdout, Gongzi Jeju Casino – one of five casinos to remain closed for much of the past three years – opened on 1 January 2023. The other four to recently reopen included Bloombery Resorts Corp’s Jeju Sun on 1 October 2022, Jeju Oriental Hotel & Casino on 31 October, Yalanwan Casino on 1 December and MegaLuck Casino on 21 December. Only Landing Casino at Jeju Shinhwa World and Paradise Casino remained open throughout, while Lotte Tour Development’s Dream Tower casino opened in June 2021 after relocating from its previous home at Lotte Hotel Jeju. According to a report by News Jeju , the closure of Jeju’s casinos had seen the resources of the Jeju Tourism Promotion Fund, whose main source of revenue comes from casino payments, decrease significantly, with payments falling from KRW47.5 billion (US$38.3 million) in 2019 to KRW15 billion (US$12.1 million) in 2020, then KRW4.8 billion (US$3.9 million) in 2021 and KRW3.6 billion (US$2.9 million) in 2022. While the reopening of Korea’s international borders has seen the country’s foreigner-only casino industry mount a recovery in recent months, Jeju Special Self- Governing Province has stated it will strengthen the management and supervision of the island’s casinos to ensure they do not engage in any illegal activities in an attempt to make up for a shortfall in revenues. 隨著 疫情而關閉的濟州島8家賭場中最後一間亦已重新開業，三 年來濟州島上所有賭場首次同時營運。 濟州地方政府日前宣佈，最後一家皇爵娛樂場於2023年1月1 日營業。該娛樂場是五間過去三年裡大部分時間都關閉的娛樂場 其中之一。 另外四家包括Bloombery Resorts Corp的Jeju Sun於2022 年10月1日重新開業、Jeju Oriental Hotel & Casino於當年10月 31 日重新開業、Yalanwan Casino 於12月1日開業，及MegaLu- ck Casino於12月21日開業。 濟州神話世界度假酒店的藍鼎娛樂場和百樂達斯娛樂場就 始終保持營業。而由樂天觀光開發公司開發的濟州天城娛樂場於 2021年6月開業，乃是從早前濟州樂天酒店遷入。 據當地媒體報道，濟州島賭場關閉導致濟州旅遊促進基金的 收入大幅下降，該基金主要收入來源於賭場付款。從2019年的 475億韓元到2020年的150億韓元和2021年為48億，2022年則 為36億韓元。 儘管韓國重新開放國際邊界令到該國的外國人專用賭場業在 最近幾個月出現復甦，但濟州特別自治道表示，將加強對島上賭 場的管理和監督，以確保他們不從事任何非法活動。