Macau gaming: Copying the Las Vegas style or creating a Macau model?

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-96

  Gu, Zheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Casino gaming; Competition; Las Vegas; Macau; Market niche; SWOT analysis

Indexed keywords

GAMBLING; PROFITABILITY; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MACAU;

EID: 3242666333     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941660410001695278     Document Type: Article

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