Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (胡志強) told a newspaper in Macau that the views of the Taiwanese public would have to change dramatically before the country could establish a gaming industry that was competitive.
In an interview published yesterday in the Macao Daily News, Hu said that leading gambling centers, such as Las Vegas, focus on more than just gambling, offering a wide variety of other leisure and entertainment options for visitors that allow for more diversified development.
INTERNATIONAL CENTER
As for whether Taiwan could become an international gambling center, Hu said that although investors from Las Vegas and Macau had expressed interest in the Chennan recreational area in Taichung County as a potential gambling center, authorities had no intention at the present time of establishing such an industry there.
Therefore, Hu said he was not actively seeking investors, adding that he didn’t think a gaming industry resort would be set up anywhere else in Taiwan in the near future.
DIRECT FLIGHTS
Hu also talked about the launch of direct charter flights between Taichung and Xiamen, China, in July, expressing the hope that Taichung and Macau could actively work together to expand flights between the two destinations to increase their respective tourism industries.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Noting that the four cities and counties of central Taiwan have a combined population of more than 6 million as well as many tourist attractions, while Macau is continuing to develop its own unique tourism resources, Hu said that there was a lot of potential for the expansion of flight services between the two destinations.
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