The Impacts of Lifting The Ban on Opening Casino on The Economy of Commercial Districts –The Example of Penghu Magong Tourist Commercial District

• Main Authors: Chen-jen Huang, 黃俊仁
• Other Authors: Chi-Ji Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84007102349298725504

碩士 === 世新大學 === 觀光學研究所(含碩專班) === 95 === Developing Casio business in Penghu Island is one of the most important options in Penghu long term tourist business development. Recently, some countries try to legalize casino business. Singapore for example established a “Casino Law” to combine its tourism and casino business together to increase its economic benefit and the growth of the tourism business. However, opening the casino market in Taiwan is not just the issues of development and social moral. The impacts on the economy of Commercial Districts in Penghu need to be considered as well. This paper focuses on how the casino business in Taiwan will impact the local commercial districts and what strategies can be used to reduce the impacts. This research combines interviews and a tourism industry survey to determine the following purposes: 1.To research how the general commercial districts understand the impact of establishing casino in Penghu and Magong. 2.To research how the specific organizations in commercial districts understand the impact of establishing casino. 3.To understand the strategies of the commercial districts have on the impact 4.To analyze the relationships between the strategies and the impact on the economy. Based on the research findings, we conclude: 1.In general, the impacts on the economy of the commercial districts are different in some degree. It depends on the characteristics of the business owners and their chamber of commerce. 2.Different participants in commercial districts have significant differences in understanding the three dimensions of the economic benefit of the commercial districts. The three dimensions are: the economic benefits on the commercial districts, the economic benefits on a single store, and the operations of the store. It shows the active participants have higher positive acknowledge on the impact of the casino. 3.There are strong dependencies on the government’s business regulations for the majority of business owners. However, the dependency on the chamber of commerce are different depends on the roles the participants play in the commercial districts. 4.There is a significant positive relationship between the economic benefits and the government regulations. In other words, the higher expectations the commercial districts have, the heavier dependencies they have on the government and commercial district regulations.