{"id":23573,"date":"2021-10-15T13:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23573"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:46:52","slug":"casinos-in-sydney-welcome-reopening-of-borders-in-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-sydney-welcome-reopening-of-borders-in-nsw","title":{"rendered":"Casinos in Sydney welcome reopening of borders in NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in New South Wales have said that from November 1 domestic and international tourists will no longer be required to quarantine on arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- Dominic Perrottet, the NSW Premier, has announced today that from November 1 Sydney and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-victoria-and-new-south-wales-may-reopen-in-late-october\">New South Wales<\/a>\u00a0will reopen their borders. The state of New South Wales will become\u00a0<strong>the first in Australia to ease travel restrictions<\/strong>\u00a0and no longer require international tourists to quarantine on arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perrottet said: &#8220;<strong>We can\u2019t live here in hermit kingdom<\/strong>. So many businesses rely on tourism for business and trade.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news was well-received by\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/star-sydney-casino-reopens-after-three-month-closure\">Star Sydney<\/a>, which reopened its doors a few days ago after a three-month closure. The casino has been allowed to reopen for fully vaccinated customers <strong>at a limited capacity of 1 person per 4 square metres indoors<\/strong>\u00a0and 1 person per 2 square metres outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casino guests must wear masks and remain seated while eating or drinking.\u00a0<strong>All of Star Sydney\u2019s staff have been fully vaccinated<\/strong>. It is expected restrictions will be eased once New South Wales reaches an 80 per cent vaccination rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in New South Wales have said that from November 1 domestic and international tourists will no longer be required to quarantine on arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New South Wales will lift international quarantine requirements from November 1, making it the first Australian state to ease travel restrictions. This development is expected to significantly boost tourism, directly benefiting land-based operators like Star Sydney, which has already reopened under strict capacity and vaccination protocols.","focusai_entities":"Dominic Perrottet, Star Sydney","focusai_location":"New South Wales, Sydney, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.95), product_ux (0.75), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"What is the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) impact for Star Sydney and the broader NSW land-based gaming market following the easing of international travel restrictions and current operational capacity limits?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Challenges?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance challenges and governance frameworks are being implemented or adapted by operators to manage the new health protocols, vaccination status verification, and capacity restrictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[229,23907],"class_list":["post-23573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-gambling","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23573","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=23573"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23599,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23573\/revisions\/23599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}