New Direct Flight Connection to Beijing Provides Las Vegas with the Opportunity to Boost its Numbers of Chinese Visitors

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 5th August 2016
direct flights, gambling, USA, visas

Following many years of planning and negotiation, December 2016 will finally see the opening of a direct flight connection between Las Vegas and China. The service, to be operated by Hainan Airlines, will see three Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights per week between Beijing and Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport. The new route will be Hainan’s […]

Key Gambling Industry Figure Encourages Philippines’ New Government to Relax Visa Regulations for Chinese Nationals

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 21st June 2016
casino, gambling, the Philippines, Visa Policy

Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corp, the company responsible for the operation of the City of Dreams Manila casino complex in Manila, has called upon the Philippines’ new incoming government to ease visa requirements for Chinese nationals in order to boost the country’s tourism sector. The City of Dreams Property President Geoff P. Andres cited regional […]

Russia and China Discuss Further Liberalising Tourist Visa Policy Amidst 63% Year-On-Year Growth In Chinese Arrival Numbers

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 10th June 2016
gambling, group tourism, red tourism, russia, Visa Policy

The head of Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency (Rositurm) has reported that the country has witnessed a 63% year-on-year rise in Chinese tourist arrivals in the first five months of 2016, prompting Beijing and Moscow to discuss the streamlining of tourist visas in order to further boost numbers. This builds upon already-strong figures from 2015, when […]

Chinese Outbound Tourists Fuel Casino-Driven Boom in Singaporean Tourism

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 26th May 2016
anti-corruption, gambling, macau, singapore, tourism

The growing numbers of Chinese visitors to Singapore, many of which have been drawn by the reintroduction of gambling in the city-state, are playing a key role in boosting Singapore’s flourishing tourism sector among otherwise sluggish economic circumstances. Since the country’s two casinos were opened in 2010, following a lengthy national ban, [tweetable]Chinese arrivals have […]

South Korean casinos offering sexual services to attract Chinese customers?

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 23rd October 2015
casino, casinos, chinese, gambling, jeju, jeju island, south korea, tourism, tourists

China’s government, with an exposé in state run television channel CCTV, accused Jeju Island casinos of attempting to lure Chinese customers to their casinos by offering them sexual services as a bonus for purchasing gambling chips. According to the CCTV report, the purchase of chips worth 100,000 RMB (€13,856) includes a massage, 200,000 RMB (€27,713) worth of […]