Developers are competing for one of three new integrated casino resort licenses inI Japan. In the Southern Japan city of Sasebo, they are promising spa and medical tourism facilities.
Several developers are in competition for this potentially very lucrative opportunity.
Sasebo is a small city of 248,000 people and is hoping to be granted a license so that it can bring a Las Vegas-style casino resort to a 74-acre site adjacent to its Huis Ten Bosch theme park. The aim is that this development would eventually feature multiple hotels and restaurants as well as substantial conference and exhibition areas in hopes that it will be able to improve the local economy by attracting more tourists.
Japan Incorporated is considering a planned Sasebo development and the imagined property could encompass performance venues and a spa alongside a casino and resources for medical tourism businesses.
Developers may be using health and medical tourism potential as a way of enticing the government to go for their scheme. It is unclear if their promises are serious or if they are just using medical tourism as a way to win their bid.