Macau’s casino license holders will be allowed to open ‘foreigner-only’ gaming rooms and issue specific chips for these rooms in a bid to boost the local tourism industry.
According to an by announcement by Macau’s Executive Council, any gaming concessionaire that opts to take up the incentive will be eligible for a waiver on the current 5% additional tax for revenue generated by foreign players.
The rooms are set to be limited to foreign players only from outside Chinese regions and jurisdictions. This means that players from Macau, Hing Kong and Mainland China will not be allowed to use the rooms. The local government has opted to include players from Taiwan in the lost of players exclude from the rooms despite the country not falling under Chinese administration.
Macau to Introduce Foreigner-Only Rooms at CasinosSpeaking to the local press, the Secretary for Administration and Justice said:
Macau to Introduce Foreigner-Only Rooms at Casinos Macau to Introduce Foreigner-Only Rooms at Casinos“currently, the gaming revenue created by these foreign clients is quite low, therefore we hope that these incentivizing measures request, or require, the concessionaires to launch projects to attract foreign tourists.”
