Echo Entertainment target Australia’s Chinese visitors

Australia’s casino bosses are predicting that tourism could be the next gold rush. Mineral extraction – not only gold – has been a traditional bedrock of the Australian economy, but with the price of the dollar at a historically significant low and the demand for tourism to Australia at an all-time high, conditions are ripe for Australians to enjoy a much-needed influx of revenues from overseas visitors.

Part of that positive scenario is the readiness of politicians and regional authorities to embrace the potential that new casino-based resorts deliver. In Queensland Ec…