Casinos contribute annually 600 million dollars to the economy of the breakaway regime
Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi newspaper (19.08.15) reports that the coordinator of the “Casino Businesses Administrators Union” (CIB) of the breakaway regime Ayhan Saricicek stated that the casinos re a sector that contributes annually 600 million dollars to the economy of the “TRNC”.
Saricicek who was speaking during a press conference, replied to recent hard statements made against casinos and said that more interest and legal support is needed so that casinos to continue their development and operations. He also said that there is no vision for an industry that offers so much to the “state”.
He also stated that there are 6 thousand persons working at the casino industry, which starter in 1977 in the breakaway regime, adding that these people also pay taxes and contribute to social security services noting that the “state” receives directly from the casino industry 68 million dollars. He also said that the breakaway regime benefited by thousand persons who arrive in the “country” to play at the casinos paying for plane tickets, stay at the hotels and spend money for personal expenses.
Referring to the talks for opening a casino in the free areas of the Republic of Cyprus, he stated that this will affect the casino industry in the occupied areas in a negative way.
(CS)