H.I.S. to sell Huis Ten Bosch resort stake to Hong Kong fund

The theme park is one of the sites set to host a casino as part of the central government's plan to construct so-called integrated resorts to stimulate the economy through the gambling industry.

Stimulus for rentier investors bottom lines, low-end, precarious jobs with no future for the populace.

The Huis Ten Bosch park has a roller coaster of a past, with bankruptcy roaming close several times already, the concept at the beginning bet too highly on a niche attraction for rich national consumers but the renovation done to adapt it to wider tastes actually made it quite a fun place to visit.

Let's see how it changes under the new administration, in the last few years before the pandemic the place was very popular with Chinese and Korean tourists, maybe that will be the main purpose from now.

Huis Ten Bosch is one of the worst theme parks I've been to.

There so much to see in and around Sasebo, but Huis Ten Bosch isn't one of them.

Chinese and other foreign Asians are buying up Japan, while the LDP keeps pretending to be economic nationalists.

They can't accept Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors becoming French but they accept core assets becoming Chinese and Southeast Asian.

I thought sales of Japanese companies to Chinese entities were raising concerns, and HK is very much Chinese now.

quote: Chinese and Korean tourists.

In groups of seven, with a minder? That's not going to make them rich.

It’s been a nice place for many years, but since HIS took over management and had changed or commercialized everything, we decided not to go anymore. They canceled at those times the very nice cafeteria ship tours, former sales of the most delicious things and made the whole Dutch themed park an area for only OnePiece anime or manga otaku. Everything was changed or canceled under the focus of pure and strict cost performance. They didn’t spend a few thoughts on the former customers’ feelings or on simply keeping and extending the Dutch image. Maybe the casino is attractive enough to bring me back one day.

I flew with H.I.S. a couple of times when younger, but eventually gave up, too much hassle - typical bucket shop operation. Now they're into dodgy Casino's set within a Dutch theme park ? I have a Sinking feeling about that one.

Now they're into dodgy Casino's set within a Dutch theme park ? I have a Sinking feeling about that one.

Wow, did you ever miss the entire article. They've been "into" a "dodgy cansino set within a Dutch theme park" for over a decade, and they are literally getting out of it, not into it, which is the entire subject of the whole article.

Did you read it?