Sunday, October 14, 2012

Macau is the Las Vegas of China

I was trying to avoid the obvious but I might as well say it.

Las Vegas has 1.9 million people in its metro area. "Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its consolidated casinohotels and associated entertainment."

Macau is a former Portuguese colony with a population of 569,000. The economy is based on tourism and gambling and it has 5 times the gaming revenue of Las Vegas, with some of the same resorts (Venetian, Wynn).  Neighboring Zhuhai has about 1.6 million.  (Cars in Macau drive on the left and those in Zhuhai drive on the right).

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