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ウルグアイ – ウルグアイ賭博連盟はクルーズ船でのカジノを許可する法案に反対
By フィル -25年2019月XNUMX日
The National Federation of Uruguayan Gaming (FENAJU) has issued a statement in which it rejects the approval of the bill that authorises cruise ships to operate casinos when arriving in national ports. Deputies in the Chamber of Deputies have already approved the legislative initiative, which is intended exclusively for passengers on board ships.
The Federation said that it was surprised by the “lightness” with which the debate had already been “dispatched” in the lower house.
FENAJU argued that the new project amounts to a privatisation of gaming and highlighted the fact that the Tourism Commission of the House of Representatives decided to revoke the appearance of FENAJU, so that they were denied the possibility of speaking out on the issue.
In a statement the organisation said that it wanted to “expresses our rejection of the style and ways in which this issue was and is treated, and warn that this project amounts to a privatisation of gaming, freely granted to operators in the sector, providing no constraints.
“On the other hand, and even more serious, the activity of gaming on cruise ships (subject to our jurisdiction) will be carried out without any control and supervision by the State agencies dedicated to the subject in question.”
The organisation warned that it will be monitoring the bill closely as it is debated in the Senate.
In August the governing party of Uruguay (Frente Amplio) decided to put forward a law emitted by the Executive Power in 2017 which would allow casinos in cruise ships to operate while they are moored in Uruguayan territorial waters.
この文書は、観光省、プエルトス国家管理局（ANP）、カジノ総局の支援を得て、2017年XNUMX月に初めて提出された。
リリアム・ケシチアン観光大臣によると、2018年2019月から146年256,000月までの間に200隻のクルーズ船がモンテビデオとプンタ・デル・エステに到着し、前シーズンを上回り、2019万2020人の訪問者を記録した。 XNUMX～XNUMX年のシーズンには約XNUMX隻のクルーズ船が就航すると予想されている。
2017年XNUMX月、港湾活動を監督し地元水路の維持開発を行う政府部門であるウルグアイ国家水路局長のカルロス・カマーニョ氏は、クルーズ船の到着時にカジノの営業を継続することを認める法案が準備されていると初めて記者団に語った。モンテビデオの港と大西洋のリゾート地プンタ・デル・エステの両方にあります。新法によりクルーズ船の長期滞在も可能となり、結果としてウルグアイでの観光客支出が増加するだろう。
