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Investment opportunities in the “Las Vegas of the East” – Macau
Macau is known as the “Las Vegas of the East” due to the large number of casinos in the region. It is technically a special administrative region (SAR) of China located on its southern coast and neighbours its other SAR, Hong Kong [Figure 1]. Macau is a US$51bn economy with a population of 695k giving it one of the highest GDPs per capita globally.