The groundwork of casino gaming in Taiwan

Jean Ling Lee

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol5.iss3.218

Authors

Jean Ling Lee

Kainan University, Taiwan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol5.iss3.218

Keywords:

Casino, Gaming, Taiwan

Abstract

Casino gaming is often considered as an important source for the development of a tourism industry; it can generate instant revenues, tourists, and job opportunities. The purpose of this study is to determine the accurate direction of developing the casino gaming market in Taiwan. The six factors for developing casino gaming business are geography environment, accessibility, human resource, tourism resource, tourist market resource, and the social aspect. In accordance with the findings of this study, Matsu might not be an appropriate place to develop the casino gaming as a result of too many limits on geography environment, accessibility, human resource, tourist market resource, and social aspect.

Author Biography

Jean Ling Lee, Kainan University, Taiwan

Assistant Professor

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