CATS will hold the CATS Tourism Online Forum Series (TOFS) vol.20 "Casino licences - Tourism and community impacts: Implications of Japan's first integrated resort licence and learning from other Asia Pacific examples" on Tuesday, July 18.

Anyone is welcome to attend. We look forward to your participation.

Casino licences - Tourism and community impacts:
Implications of Japan's first integrated resort licence and learning from other Asia Pacific examples

Abstract:
The rise of integrated resort development is a common strategy employed across a range of countries in seeking to diversify and attract current and new tourism markets. In mid-April, the Japanese government announced the first casino licence has been awarded to a consortium comprising MGM (US) and local Japanese stakeholders to be developed in Osaka. To be opened by 2029, this integrated resort offers a timely and necessary conversation around how such developments create tourism and other community impacts, in both positive and perhaps negative ways. Drawing from other examples in Asia Pacific (e.g. Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore), this lecture will document best practices and how the business model of integrated resorts should be conceptualised and formulate valuable strategies for tourism and community legacies of the future.

Hosted by:
Hokkaido University, Center for Advanced Tourism Studies (CATS)

Date/Time: Tuesday 18 July 2023 | 10:00 - 11:30(JST)

Venue: Online (Zoom Webinar)

Language: English

Capacity: 50 persons

Participation fee: Free to join (pre-registration system)

Speaker: Dr Aaron Tham, SFHEA
Bio:
Dr Aaron Tham is the subject component lead in tourism, leisure and events at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Under his leadership, tourism at UniSC is ranked amongst the top 150 institutions according to the Shanghai University World Ranking of Academic Subjects in 2022. He is also an active researcher, with primary interests in the area of emerging technologies and event legacies. Aaron is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is the Immediate Past Vice President and Conference Chair of the Travel and Tourism Research Association Asia Pacific Chapter. At present, Aaron serves as the Council of Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education Secretary, and a Co-Chair of the Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group. He is also on the Committee for Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Taskforce to deliver legacy outcomes for South East Queensland. This year, Aaron is also one of six Lord Mayor Convention Trailblazer awardees to attract international business events into Brisbane.

Moderator: Dr. Meng Qu

Registration:
Please register at the URL below. Application deadline is Monday, July 17, 2023.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YH3OBwtpThCs7K4ZSW2vsg

Contact:
Hokkaido University, Center for Advanced Tourism Studies (CATS)
online-forum(at)cats.hokudai.ac.jp
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