{"id":777022122,"date":"2025-01-20T06:32:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T09:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777022122"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:36:13","slug":"jeju-residents-split-on-casino-industrys-impact-survey-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/jeju-residents-split-on-casino-industrys-impact-survey-reveals","title":{"rendered":"Jeju residents split on casino impact, survey reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Jeju Island government has conducted a survey of 1,000 Jeju residents on their perception of foreign-only casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- The government of Jeju Island has conducted a survey on the island\u2019s foreigner-only casino industry<\/strong>. Among the 1,000 respondents<\/strong>, 25.7 per cent viewed the overall effect of the casinos as positive while 28.6 per cent considered it negative. The remaining 45.7 per cent had no opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 49.9 per cent agreed that casinos contributed to inbound tourists staying longer in Jeju, while 21.6 per cent disagreed and 28.5 per cent were neutral. Meanwhile, 49 per cent of respondents thought casinos help to attract foreign tourists.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about the types of projects casinos should undertake to benefit the local community, 34.7 per cent believed that casinos should focus on creating job opportunities for youth, 29.7 per cent cited the tourism industry, 14.9 per cent village development, 12.2 per cent vulnerable groups and 8.5 per cent programmes for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, 71.4 per cent were aware that there are foreigner-only casinos in the province, but only 40.4 per cent were aware that Jeju Island directly manages and supervises these casinos. The island has eight casino venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lotte Tour Development<\/strong>, the operator of Jeju Dream Tower casino, has reported that\u00a0casino revenue\u00a0<\/strong>in 2024 rose 93.3 per cent\u00a0year-on-year<\/a>\u00a0to KRW294.65bn (US$200.7m)<\/strong>. Casino drop, the amount paid by customers to buy chips for table games, was nearly KRW1.52tn, up 19.2 per cent year-on-year. Hotel revenue stood at KRW84.52bn (US$57.4m), down 7.8 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Jeju Island government has conducted a survey of 1,000 Jeju residents on their perception of foreign-only casinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21522,"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 Jeju Island government's survey reveals mixed public perception of its foreigner-only casinos, with a significant portion neutral, yet acknowledging their contribution to tourism. Concurrently, Lotte Tour Development reported substantial year-on-year casino revenue growth for its Jeju Dream Tower, indicating robust operational performance despite varied local sentiment. The survey also highlighted low public awareness regarding direct government oversight of these eight casino venues.","focusai_entities":"Jeju Island government, Lotte Tour Development, Jeju Dream Tower","focusai_location":"Jeju Island, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.75), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"How might the low public awareness of direct government management of Jeju's foreigner-only casinos influence future regulatory communication strategies or governance framework adjustments?"},{"label":"Market Sustainability","query":"Given the mixed public perception and strong operational growth from Lotte Tour Development, what are the long-term implications for the social license and sustainable expansion of the foreigner-only casino vertical on Jeju Island?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-777022122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022122","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=777022122"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777022155,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022122\/revisions\/777022155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777022122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777022122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777022122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}