Casinos in Mozambique
The consistent scarcity in the numbers of, Mozambique’s casinos is in 1 sense more or less bewildering, in one way or another.
In years gone by, the area was a spot where several South Africans would go to to disappear from the especially prohibitive principles on games of chance (and, it has to be said, mixing with other races) that they had at home. As a result, you are likely to expect something of an expanding sector to oblige that tourist market.
Still, maybe it isn’t really an amazement. The country is certainly the most barren world wide, having been through a gruesome civil war (followed by catastrophic floods) from which it is still, very slowly, coming around. This could make a country way less of a tourist place, despite the fact that there is today a thriving environment along a couple of the state’s beautiful beaches.
It is added to that valid that regionally somewhat, Mozambique’s casinos have had to compete with others in the lately liberalized South Africa, including the exemplary Sun City founded by the Kerzner family corporation.
Here’s a list of Mozambique’s casinos:
Maputo: Polana Casino Hotel
There are seventy-eight slot machines and video poker games, five tables of American roulette, four blackjack tables, along with one poker table.
Namaacha: Sol Libombos Hotel Casino
There are 40 slot machines, American roulette, and also two tables for poker and punto banco.
It is thought that over time the full tourism industry in Mozambique will grow dramatically. While the local languages are, clearly, African, there is as well the portion of Portuguese from the old colonial power and the current and developing inception of English, both from South Africa and as part of the world phenomenon. The country is extremely cheap (naturally, as it is so poor) and as above, has some of the most stunning beaches world wide, fronting onto the Indian Ocean. Those are the sorts of elements that make tourism executives drool, and as the country escalates out of its prevailing slump, it is likely that not only will tourism expand, but that the list of Mozambique’s casinos will grow longer too.
While the country is not expected to ever recapture its reputation as a location for partying South Africans, as there are now other choices closer to home for them to oblige in, the growth of a long distance tourism industry is being set-up. This would be to accommodate Europeans seeking winter sun, as a retreat from the blues of the Northern Hemisphere winter. And, to top it off, the greatest prawns (shrimp) over the world derive from just offshore, in the Mozambique Channel.
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