Ideas: A long history of the controversial but profitable industry

"Marina Bay Sands Batam opens for business in Indonesia, they finally opening their first biggest Casinos in Southeast Asia on Batam Island. Following the recent success from trump entertainment and thousand islands non stop entertainment." ---- Online news somewhere in the future

 

The headline is just a teaser, that's why I just stated it just somewhere in the future. The long story and controversy of an industry that can make up our Country paid their bill and duty to the civilians. An industry that is so sensitive to majority of people in this country, and I am one of those of major people concerning in the religion matters, and by the way it is an entertainment industry more specifically in gambling industry. The gambling industry literally is there on our environment and it become a habit in some culture in Indonesia but of course there are no good management team, income from tax, and good corporate governance involve in this low class gambling, and even the high class gambling even that we cant see it through our own eyes there is fact that it is illegal and of course no income from taxes or any retribution paid to our government.

Instead of legal income, there are too many bad influences according to the spread of the illegal gambling operation, operated by illegal management and dealer. Imagine there is an open area, some place like Las Vegas, Monaco, Macau, or even Genting. they called themselves an entertainment city, that is their branding. So when visitor come by there, they just want to have fun by gambling and of course there are strict rules and obligation they have to obey as a visitor. The good things from those city is they completely legal with support from the local government, even in a place like genting still there is many organization against them but it all runs well, again because it localization, separated from mainland, and great aim from market segmentation which is local non Muslim and Indonesian people who want to throw their money to neighborhood country.

The voice to legalized gambling is already occurs since years ago but no progress in the implementation because the word gambling itself is already a total controversial issues in this religious country, so there are more against voices than pro. Just an imagination If we see it at the other side, the legalized gambling industry in the perfect place localization such as early proposed thousand island and batam island, the right market, and the strict policy and back up from the government will create a massive fresh money to fund the infrastructure that most public needed came from the high taxation policy and also it will create the flow of business through another industry involved besides Labors also have their job to do. The hospitality, trading, property, industry will be the support business for the gambling demand, then again fortunately it create money to our government, instead of doing debt policy to other country or selling country obligation. This way also Indonesia will be the next tourist destination for foreigners and more over it can attract them to invest their money to become hot money in this country.

Well then again it just a vivid imagination, we have to wake up now and see the truth and how can it be solved. The fact is Indonesia is having too many potential resources to grow in the tourism industry; we have a lot of hidden jewel that create the opportunity to open the business. That resource is the key to our future plans to entertainment industry, but without gambling involved. Even without gambling, we can create the local and foreigners tourist attraction that can come up to our income and also keep up our foreign exchange reserve. MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions) will be the most contributor to the tourism and hospitality industry instead of using gambling as the main attraction. It all begins with positive attitude to create businesses that empower the people within and the impact is the income for business shareholders, environment, and the prosperous Republic of Indonesia.

 

 

Source : harianbatampos.com, MI, Wikipedia, antaranews, detikcom

 

 

Disclaimer : this is only the humble opinion from the writers, and the writers respect all of the religious aspect in the country holds :)