Casino tourism

Jo, WooMi

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The word “casino” originated from the Italian word casa (house) which means a small country house or lodge. It was a place where all the players’ bets and winning stacks were dealt in the early seventeenth century. The origin of casino is unclear. However, the first casa Ridotto was found in Venice, Italy, in 1638, where controlled gambling was offered to people during the carnival season. Besides casa, European spa resorts became popular gambling destinations in the early eighteenth century. Many UK tourists visited spa resorts in other European countries when gambling was banned in England. Two famous casino spas were Baden Baden Casino in Germany and the Casino Spa in Belgium. While people spent time away from home and tried to heal physically and mentally by soaking in the mineral spas and public baths, they either bet or play cards and dice. Later, Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco became one of the well-known attractions for the rich Europeans.

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Jo, W. (2014). Casino tourism. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_25-1

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Published: 23 September 2015
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