Toppling Thailand’s Shinawatra dynasty stopped casino legalization in its tracks. But issues that spurred interest in integrated resorts – slowing tourism momentum, growing government debt and deficits, desire new economic drivers – have not disappeared. When there’s a new government, casinos could be back on the table.
Former US diplomat and broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is Asia editor at large for Clarion Media, a longtime contributor to Forbes, columnist for Asia Times and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about TV news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his biography, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook, LinkedIn, ex-Twitter @MuhammadCohen and now on Blue Sky @MuhammadCohen.bsky.social.