{"id":25313,"date":"2021-12-08T11:38:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25313"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:07:05","slug":"bangkok-would-be-ideal-location-for-casino-resort-analysts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bangkok-would-be-ideal-location-for-casino-resort-analysts-say","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok would be ideal location for casino resort, analysts say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If the government of Thailand allows gambling, Bangkok could be a prime location for a casino resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- Industry consultant <strong>Michael Zhu of Innovation Group<\/strong>&nbsp;has told GGRAsia that Bangkok could be a potential prime location for casino resorts if the government legalises gambling. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-analyses-legalisation-of-casinos\">The Thai House of Representatives<\/a>&nbsp;voted on Thursday to establish a 60-member \u201cspecial committee\u201d to study the proposal with the aim of \u200b\u200battracting foreign tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee will reportedly include 15 representatives from the Thai cabinet and 45 members from various political parties across the country. It&#8217;s expected to complete its research within 90 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhu said: &#8220;Bangkok has <strong>better infrastructure and connectivity<\/strong> than any other city in Thailand, enabling it to accommodate more tourists and other business volumes that would come with the establishment of an IR.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brendan Bussmann<\/strong> of Global Market Advisors (GMA) LLC also mentioned Bangkok as a possible location, along with the seaside town of Pattaya near the Thai capital and the popular island of Phuket. He added that Thailand should consider doing&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-opens-application-period-for-ir-submissions-until-april-2022\">something similar to Japan<\/a>&nbsp;in order to<strong>&nbsp;push tourism to other parts of the country<\/strong>&nbsp;instead of building integrated resorts in places that already have a high flow of tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the government of Thailand allows gambling, Bangkok could be a prime location for a casino resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Thai government is actively exploring the legalization of casino resorts, with a special committee tasked to study the proposal within 90 days, aiming to boost foreign tourism. Industry consultants highlight Bangkok as a prime location due to its superior infrastructure, while also suggesting a Japan-like model to distribute tourism benefits across the country. This initiative signals a potential significant new market for integrated resort development in Southeast Asia.","focusai_entities":"Michael Zhu, Innovation Group, GGRAsia, Thai House of Representatives, Brendan Bussmann, Global Market Advisors (GMA) LLC, Thai cabinet","focusai_location":"Thailand, Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Timeline","query":"What specific governance frameworks and B2B\/B2C licensing structures are being considered by the Thai special committee, and what is the projected timeline for their implementation post-legalization?"},{"label":"Economic Impact Projections","query":"Beyond attracting foreign tourists, what are the projected GGR contributions, employment generation, and broader economic multiplier effects anticipated from the establishment of integrated resorts in Thailand?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-25313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25313","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=25313"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25347,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25313\/revisions\/25347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}