The proposed law would allow casinos to be set up within tourism complexes that would also include theme parks, water parks, hotels and shopping malls.
“The objectives are to increase revenue, support investment in Thailand and solve illegal gambling,“ Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra told reporters.
Since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, which hammered Thailand’s crucial tourism industry, the kingdom has launched numerous strategies to lure more visitors, such as cutting visa requirements for Chinese and Indian travellers.
The location for the proposed complexes, and the timetable for their construction, have not been announced.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime warned in a report last year that Southeast Asia’s casinos were “foundational pieces of the banking architecture used by organised crime” to launder massive volumes of money.
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