{"id":16793,"date":"2021-04-12T15:33:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16793"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:26:38","slug":"jeju-casino-opening-could-be-delayed-by-rise-in-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/jeju-casino-opening-could-be-delayed-by-rise-in-covid-19-cases","title":{"rendered":"Jeju casino opening could be delayed by rise in Covid-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are doubts around the opening of Lotte Tour&#8217;s relocated Jeju casino in South Korea due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.- Although <strong>Lotte Tour Development <\/strong>has received permission to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/jeju-casino-receives-transfer-permission-from-governor\"><em>transfer its casino on Jeju to the Jeju Dream Tower<\/em><\/a>, the company could face a new delay in opening due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The company has not announced an exact opening date<\/strong> but it had previously been expected to open the casino in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jeju casino will have<strong>\u00a0150 tables<\/strong>\u00a0offering five types of table game,\u00a0<strong>90 slot machines, and 70 electronic gaming machines. Jeju Dream Tower also boasts a 1,600-room Grand Hyatt hotel<\/strong> and 14 restaurants and bars, among other amenities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tourism-in-south-korea-down-90-4-in-february\"><em>Tourism in South Korea was down 90.4 per cent year-on-year<\/em><\/a>, with only 65,582 visitors reported. <strong>Foreigner-only casinos remain deeply affected\u00a0<\/strong>by the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>South Korea has reported 107,598 Covid-19 infections in total<\/strong>, with 1,758 deaths. According to local media news,\u00a0<strong>there could be new restrictions in the coming weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are doubts around the opening of Lotte Tour&#8217;s relocated Jeju casino in South Korea due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Lotte Tour Development faces potential delays in the operational commencement of its relocated Jeju casino within the Jeju Dream Tower due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and a significant downturn in South Korean tourism. The integrated resort, featuring a Grand Hyatt hotel and extensive gaming facilities, was previously anticipated to open in May, but an exact date remains unconfirmed amidst concerns of new restrictions. This situation significantly impacts revenue projections for foreigner-only casinos in the region.","focusai_entities":"Lotte Tour Development, Jeju Dream Tower, Grand Hyatt","focusai_location":"Jeju, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Lotte Tour GGR Impact","query":"What is the estimated quarterly GGR impact for Lotte Tour Development resulting from the delayed operational commencement of the Jeju Dream Tower casino, factoring in current tourism metrics and potential new regulatory restrictions?"},{"label":"South Korea Regulatory Response","query":"How are South Korean regulatory bodies adapting their licensing and operational compliance frameworks for integrated resorts in response to sustained pandemic-induced market volatility and reduced international visitation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,16338,167,158,23876],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-news-region","category-slider-home","category-social-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16806,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16793\/revisions\/16806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}