Will Japanese gaming mogul Kazuo Okada’s multi-billion dollar integrated resort complex in Manila’s Entertainment City be enough to launch a thousand cruise ships?

Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment Inc. is mulling on building an exclusive port along the coast of its integrated resort complex Okada Manila in order to accommodate visiting luxury cruise liners in the future, according to the Manila Times.

The report quoted Lorenz Manalang, executive director for public relations of Tiger Resorts, who said that the casino operator are now in talks with cruise liners to consider Manila as one of their destinations.

He pointed out that a port in Entertainment City could bolster the luxury tourism of the Philippines. For now, Manalang said they got positive feedback from luxury cruise ship operators.