Steph Norbury explores the region of south-east Asia and its prospects for growth as a gaming and amusements market.
SOUTH-east Asia consists of 11 countries reaching from eastern India to China and is generally divided into “mainland” and “island” zones. The mainland - comprising Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam - is an extension of the Asian continent, while island south-east Asia includes Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei and the new nation of East Timor, formerly part of Indonesia. These countries’ diversity lies at the heart of the region’s rapid economic growth.
South-east Asia’s 11 countries have a combined gross domestic product of $1.9tn; a population of almost 600 million people; and an average per-capita income nearly equal to China’s, according to the International Economic Bulletin.
