Casinos in Mozambique
December 27th, 2009 at 10:21The basic rareness in the numbers of, Mozambique’s casinos is in one sense rather puzzling, in one way or another.
In years before now, the region was a place where plenty of South Africans would visit to be away from the exceptionally restricted protocols on gaming (and, it has to be said, mixing with other races) that they had at home. As a result, you can bank on somewhat of a developing business to serve that tourist trade.
However, perhaps it isn’t all that much of a discovery. The nation is one of the most deficient worldwide, having been through a gruesome civil war (followed by devastating floods) from which it is still, very slowly, rebounding. This may make a region lesser of a vacation prospect, as much as there is at the moment a inviting ambiance along various of the state’s breathtaking beaches.
It is also accurate that regionally somewhat, Mozambique’s casinos have had to partake with others in the freshly liberalized South Africa, inclusive of the recognized Sun City founded by the Kerzner family establishment.
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, 4 blackjack tables, along with one poker table.
Namaacha: Sol Libombos Hotel Casino
There are forty slot machines, American roulette, and 2 tables for poker and also punto banco.
It is thought that over time the complete tourism industry in Mozambique will progress conclusively. While the local languages are, apparently, African, there is in addition the portion of Portuguese from the old colonial power and the innovative and accelerating emergence of English, both from South Africa and as part of the worldly phenomenon. The country is particularly cheap (naturally, as it is very poor) and as above, has some of the most breathtaking beaches over the world, fronting onto the Indian Ocean. Those are the kinds of elements that make tourism officials drool, and as the country advances out of its current slump, it’s likely that not only will tourism develop, but that the list of Mozambique’s casinos will grow longer too.
While the country is skeptical to ever reclaim its character as a location for partying South Africans, as there are now other alternatives closer to home for them to oblige in, the advancement of a long distance tourism industry is being outlined. This would be to serve Europeans looking forward to winter sun, as a release from the bleakness of the Northern Hemisphere winter. Plus, obviously, the most elite prawns (shrimp) on the planet are just offshore, in the Mozambique Channel.