Authorities are considering plans for a “green” integrated resort with a casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Japan.- The Hokkaido Tourism Organization (HTO) is considering plans for an integrated resort (IR) featuring a casino in a bid to bolster tourism and the local economy.\u00a0According to GGRAsia, HTO head Kenji Koganezawa said the island was considering a “green IR”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities have set an annual target for Hokkaido to attract over 10.4 million tourists. This would surpass the 8.36 million visitors the region received in 2019, before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hokkaido decided against bidding to host a casino and IR in 2019, citing environmental concerns. However, Tomakomai City has expressed interest in an IR as part of its regeneration strategy. A public policy plan published in December 2022 promoted a casino-resort policy for 2023-2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only approved casino resort scheme for Japan so far is in Osaka. In September, the Osaka Prefectural Government\u00a0signed an agreement<\/a>\u00a0with a\u00a0consortium<\/a>\u00a0that includes MGM Resorts International and Orix to develop the IR. Nagasaki has bid to host a resort buts its proposal has yet to be approved by central government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Authorities are considering plans for a “green” integrated resort with a casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19199,"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 Hokkaido Tourism Organization is re-evaluating plans for a \"green\" integrated resort featuring a casino, aiming to significantly increase tourism and stimulate the local economy, despite prior environmental reservations. This initiative follows Tomakomai City's expressed interest and a supportive public policy plan, positioning Hokkaido as a potential new contender in Japan's nascent casino-resort market alongside approved projects like Osaka's and pending bids such as Nagasaki's.","focusai_entities":"Hokkaido Tourism Organization (HTO), Kenji Koganezawa, Tomakomai City, Osaka Prefectural Government, MGM Resorts International, Orix","focusai_location":"Japan, Hokkaido, Tomakomai City, Osaka, Nagasaki","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.75), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Hokkaido IR Feasibility?","query":"What specific environmental mitigation strategies and governance frameworks are being considered by the Hokkaido Tourism Organization to address prior concerns and qualify the proposed integrated resort as \"green\"?"},{"label":"Investment Outlook Japan?","query":"How might the potential approval of an IR in Hokkaido impact the capital allocation strategies and projected returns for existing approved projects, such as the Osaka IR consortium involving MGM Resorts International and Orix?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[14017],"class_list":["post-777010596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010596","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=777010596"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041073,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010596\/revisions\/777041073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}