15 Dec 09

[ English ]

The relative rareness in the numbers of, Mozambique’s casinos is in a sense rather uncertain, in one way or another.

In past years, the city was a region where plenty of South Africans would go to to flee from the astonishingly confining principles on gambling (and, it has to be said, mixing with other races) that they had at home. Therefore, you would expect a picture of a booming area to satisfy that tourist trade.

On the other hand, perhaps it is not particularly a bombshell. The state is undeniably the poorest on the globe, having been through a gruesome civil war (followed by destructive floods) from which it is still, very slowly, rebounding. This tends to make a country lesser of a vacation place, despite the fact that there is presently a developing setting along some of the region’s breathtaking beaches.

It is additionally accurate that regionally to a certain extent, casinos in Mozambique have had to contend with many others in the newly liberalized South Africa, including the prominent Sun City founded by the Kerzner family establishment.

Here’s a list of Mozambique’s casinos:

Maputo: Polana Casino Hotel

There are 78 slot machines and video poker games, 5 tables of American roulette, four blackjack tables, and 1 poker table.

Namaacha: Sol Libombos Hotel Casino

There are 40 slot machines, American roulette, as well as 2 tables for poker as well as punto banco.

It is thought that over time the entire tourism sector in Mozambique will progress conclusively. While the local languages are, obviously, African, there is also the fraction of Portuguese from the old colonial power and the distinctive and growing introduction of English, both from South Africa and as part of the world phenomenon. The country is very cheap (naturally, as it is really poor) and as above, has some of the most outstanding beaches on the globe, fronting onto the Indian Ocean. Those are the combination of things that make tourism management drool, and as the country advances out of its arrived at slump, it’s likely that not only will tourism blossom, but that the list of Mozambique’s casinos will grow longer as well.

While the country is skeptical to ever reinstate its image as a destination for partying South Africans, as there are now other choices closer to home for them to engross in, the enhancement of a long distance tourism business is being set-up. This would be to accommodate Europeans looking for winter sun, as a break from the bleakness of the Northern Hemisphere winter. Plus, clearly, the finest prawns (shrimp) on the planet come from just offshore, in the Mozambique Channel.


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