Conversely, a gaming property in Nagasaki would carry a price tag of about $5 billion, though some estimates are even more tame, residing in the $4 billion to $4.3 billion range<\/strong>.<\/p>\nAll About Tourism<\/h2>\n
As is the case with other areas of the Land of the Rising Sun competing to become casino gaming destinations, the prospects of increased tourism have Nagasaki in the game.<\/p>\n
A 2017 article by National Geographic <\/i>indicates the prefecture \u2013 one of two areas where the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 \u2013 has benefited from \u201cdark tourism,\u201d or visitors’ desire to see sites tied to controversial historical events.<\/p>\n
Official data indicates the region is a popular tourist destination. But with the help of an integrated resort, annual visits could increase to 6.9 million to 9.3 million.<\/strong> A gaming property could also be meaningful for the tax base because as many as 36,000 new jobs could be created.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nagasaki could have an integrated resort open sometime in 2025, potentially beating rival Japanese regions to the punch, assuming the prefecture can win approval from the federal government in 2021. The prefecture’s Budget Committee notes in a recent document that if the Huis Ten Bosch area in Sasebo City is confirmed as home to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":129335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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