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In terms of gambling industry, it is a one
Historical background,
of the ways to boost the economic

growth and interest in Macau. It is
geographical and natural
because the most capital income of
Macau is gained from gambling industry.
features of the city
At the beginning, casinos were only built
up for entertainment, especially

gambling. For instance, Casino Jai Alai
was the ordinary entertaining place
where mainly provided gambling

activities with no living space (Wang &
Huang, 1999). Recently, the casinos were

transformed into a new form that
included in the hotels, or an all-in-one

hotel with casino and shopping mall.
These buildings are in modern design

and built to be high so as to show the
city’s development features – gambling
and tourism oriented. It not only caught

the tourists’ eye balls, but also drew
world attention by building a competitive

high rise building to compete
internationally. For instance, Grand
Lisboa Macau and Sands Macau are not

only a casino, but also a living place for
tourist as gambling facilities included in a

hotel (Grand Lisboa Macau, 2019; Sands
Macau, 2019). Hotel means that included

a lot of tourist services such as spa,
performances, entertainment facilities. It

indicated Macau tried to boost the
tourism industry under the advancement
on economic development in gambling

simultaneously. It showed the
inseparable relationship in between

gambling and tourism nowadays. These
significant features of development also
strengthen and specialized the

international status of Macau.