China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has announced a new blacklist system for cross-border gambling tourist destinations, preventing Chinese citizens from travelling to these locations. Established in line with other government departments, the blacklist was allegedly devised to stop “endangering the personal and property safety of Chinese citizens”.
While the announcement didn’t list the destinations concerned, operations in the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and Australia could suffer the ban.
“There has been a rising number of Chinese outbound tourists in recent years as international travel becomes increasingly convenient. However, some overseas cities have attracted Chinese tourists for their gambling businesses, disrupting China’s outbound travel market and [posing a threat to] Chinese citizens,” the Ministry said in a statement.
The Chinese government asked the Philippines, which has several integrated resorts and a thriving online gambling industry, to ban all online gambling services in August last year. However, Philippine officials pointed out that it was a sovereign decision for the nation.
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