Paradise City suffering from South Korea’s spat with China

South Korea’s first major integrated resort casino is enjoying healthy visitation since its opening this April, at least, healthy according to its operators.

South Korean foreigners-only casino operator Paradise Co Ltd opened Paradise City, the nation’s first major integrated resort, in April this year. The success of the launch has remained unquantifiable, at least, until late last week.

On Friday, a Paradise City spokesperson informed local media outlet Chosun Ilbo that the new resort in the Incheon region had welcomed over 310k visitors to its casino, hotel and convention space. Kye Jung-hyun said “about 90% of hotel rooms have been occupied” since the property’s grand opening on April 20.

Jung-hyun emphasized that the resort’s second phase was only “55% finished,” and that visitation would ramp up once the property was completed sometime in H1 2018. Paradise had projected its resort would welcome 1.5m guests in 2017, meaning there’s significant ground to be made up by year’s end if that goal is to be attained.