{"id":777014330,"date":"2024-03-28T08:52:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014330"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:38:24","slug":"study-suggests-casino-legalisation-would-boost-tourism-revenue-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/study-suggests-casino-legalisation-would-boost-tourism-revenue-in-thailand","title":{"rendered":"Study suggests casino legalisation would boost tourism revenue in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The proposal to legalise casinos could see the average tourist spend rise by 52 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- A study conducted by a panel of lawmakers suggests that\u00a0Thailand&#8217;s tourism revenues could increase by US$12bn\u00a0if casinos are legalised at large entertainment complexes. It is estimated that the average tourist spend could increase by 52 per cent to THB65,050 (US$1,790) per trip, while the country&#8217;s gross domestic product could grow by 1.16 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study was presented to parliament today (March 28) as the lower house at Thailand\u2019s National Assembly <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-labour-minister-in-favour-of-casino-legalisation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deliberates on the bill to legalise casinos<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime minister<strong>\u00a0Srettha Thavisin<\/strong>\u00a0is in favour of the move to legalise casinos to attract foreign direct investment. <strong>MGM Resorts International<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Galaxy Entertainment Group\u00a0<\/strong>have already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-and-mgm-resorts-explore-casino-opportunities-in-thailand-and-uae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shown interest in the possibility of casino resorts in Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-to-introduce-digital-lottery-ticket-sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thailand to introduce digital lottery ticket sales<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposal to legalise casinos could see the average tourist spend rise by 52 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Thailand's proposed casino legalization could significantly boost tourism revenues by US$12bn and increase average tourist spend by 52%, contributing 1.16 percentage points to GDP. The bill is currently under deliberation in the National Assembly, with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin advocating for the move to attract foreign direct investment. Major operators like MGM Resorts International and Galaxy Entertainment Group have already expressed interest in developing integrated casino resorts.","focusai_entities":"Srettha Thavisin, MGM Resorts International, Galaxy Entertainment Group, National Assembly","focusai_location":"Thailand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Legislative Timeline?","query":"What is the projected legislative timeline for the casino legalization bill in Thailand, and what are the key milestones for parliamentary approval?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Details?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance and governance frameworks are being proposed for the integrated casino resorts in Thailand, particularly concerning B2B\/B2C licensing and responsible gambling?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[23632],"class_list":["post-777014330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014330","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=777014330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014337,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014330\/revisions\/777014337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}