Tour operators will have dozens of new resorts and destinations to try.

Eight new resorts are also set to open within three years.

The trend has picked up with more direct flights, new resorts and the end of visa restrictions.

The government has said it is looking at how effectively operators provide non-gaming amenities in their new resorts.

Macau is racing to build eight new resorts in the next three years but labour strains look set to intensify.

Details about the locations of the new resorts would be determined next year, Silver, a Democrat, told reporters in Albany.

The new resorts come as Macau faces increasing competition from neighboring casino hubs including Saipan, the Philippines, Cambodia and South Korea.

As the former Portuguese colony races to build eight new resorts in the next three years, labour strains look set to intensify.

Now the Caribbean island hopes they will flock to its sand, surf and spanking new resorts to help pay off massive debts.

Ecotourism is booming in the region with new resorts and hotels popping up all over the Altai -known as the 'golden mountains'.

The group was exploring a potential site in Yunnan and hoped to open five new resorts in the mainland by 2015, he added.

Macau's gambling revenues have surged since second-half 2016 with the opening of new resorts helping to draw high rollers and more casual gamblers.

Slideshow (3 images) Monthly revenues from Macau have only returned to growth since August, helped by new resorts bringing in casual gamblers.

Nasheed's plans to put new resorts on inhabited islands drew condemnation from political opponents who exploited rising conservative Islamic sentiment to savage his religious credentials.

The timeshare industry recognizes that a hobbled and fraud-ridden resale market could give the industry a bad reputation and eventually hit sales at new resorts.

Strip operators have struggled to keep hotel rooms full as the recession hit consumer and business spending at the same time new resorts have opened.