The general rareness in the numbers of, Mozambique’s casinos is in a sense rather puzzling, in one way or another.
In past times, the country was a site where several South Africans would go to to flee from the incredibly restricted protocols on casino gambling (and, it has to be said, mixing with other races) that they had at home. Therefore, you would bank on somewhat of an advancing location to accommodate that tourist trade.
However, maybe it isn’t all that much of a bombshell. The area is truly the most bankrupt in the world, having been through a distressing civil war (followed by crushing floods) from which it is still, very slowly, coming around. This tends to make a location much less of a travel focal point, although there is now a inviting ambiance along several of the territory’s beautiful beaches.
It is at the same time legitimate that regionally somewhat, Mozambique’s casinos have had to aspire with others in the freshly liberalized South Africa, including the exemplary Sun City founded by the Kerzner family management.
Here’s a list of Mozambique’s casinos:
Maputo: Polana Casino Hotel
There are 78 slot machines as well as video poker games, 5 tables of American roulette, four blackjack tables, also a poker table.
Namaacha: Sol Libombos Hotel Casino
There are 40 slot machines, American roulette, and also 2 tables for poker and also punto banco.
It is thought that over time the full tourism business in Mozambique will thrive greatly. While the local languages are, evidently, African, there is at the same time the portion of Portuguese from the old colonial power and the new and growing awakening of English, both from South Africa and as part of the global phenomenon. The country is considerably cheap (evidently, as it is extremely poor) and as above, has some of the most beautiful beaches on the globe, fronting onto the Indian Ocean. Those are the kinds of elements that make tourism agents drool, and as the country ascends out of its arrived at slump, it’s likely that not only will tourism blossom, but that the list of casinos in Mozambique will grow longer for sure.
While the country is not likely to ever reclaim its character as a target for partying South Africans, as there are now other choices closer to home for them to derive pleasure in, the growth of a long distance tourism industry is being set-up. This would be to accommodate Europeans looking for winter sun, as an escape from the bleakness of the Northern Hemisphere winter. And, of course, the greatest prawns (shrimp) in the world derive from just offshore, in the Mozambique Channel.