{"id":241329,"date":"2023-07-21T06:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/?p=241329"},"modified":"2023-07-21T06:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T04:59:00","slug":"europes-largest-casino-opened-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/en\/europas-storsta-kasino-oppnade-pa-cypern\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe&#039;s largest casino opened in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Skarmavbild-2023-07-21-kl.-06.44.32-1024x626.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-241330\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: City of Dreams Mediterranean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Europe&#039;s largest casino has opened in Cyprus. The hope is that the casino will attract an additional 300,000 high-roller tourists annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newly opened City of Dreams Mediterranean casino is located near the city of Limassol on the southern coast of Cyprus. It took three years to build, cost more than 637 million euros, equivalent to about 7.5 billion kronor, and currently employs 2,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The facility, with 14 floors, has a gaming area of 7,500 square meters, 100 tables and 1,000 slot machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind the idea is Lawrence Ho, CEO of Hong Kong-based gaming company Melcos. The casino hopes to change the tourism sector and, in the best case scenario, attract big players from new markets in Africa and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving a casino of this quality opens up several new opportunities,\u201d says Lawrence Ho during the opening on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casinos were only legalized in Cyprus in 2015, before that the church opposed them and politicians worried about corruption and money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tourism in Cyprus contributes approximately 15 percent of the country&#039;s GDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TT-AFP<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europas st\u00f6rsta kasino har \u00f6ppnat p\u00e5 Cypern. F\u00f6rhoppningen \u00e4r att kasinot \u00e5rligen ska locka ytterligare 300\u00a0000 \u2013 storspelande \u2013 turister. Det ny\u00f6ppnade kasinot City of Dreams Mediterranean \u00e4r bel\u00e4get i n\u00e4rheten av staden Limassol vid Cyperns s\u00f6dra kust. Det tog tre \u00e5r att bygga, kostade mer \u00e4n 637 miljoner euro, motsvarande omkring 7,5 miljarder kronor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[998,595,807,999],"class_list":["post-241329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turism","tag-city-of-dreams-mediterranean","tag-cypern","tag-europa","tag-kasino"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Europas st\u00f6rsta kasino \u00f6ppnade p\u00e5 Cypern &#8211; Travel Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Europas st\u00f6rsta kasino \u00f6ppnade p\u00e5 Cypern \u2013 L\u00e4s senaste nyheterna fr\u00e5n resebranschen p\u00e5 Travel Report.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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