Dynamically, the bodies of free Famagusta are entering the casino claim in their province, after the change of the government's approach to this issue. Speaking to the newspaper FILELEFTHEROS, the president of the Famagusta Tourism Promotion Company, Andreas Evangelou, stressed that the first province of the island in terms of tourist arrivals is unthinkable to stay out of this crucial issue; Recently, he continued, the interest of the province had been re-emphasized to the former Minister of Trade and Tourism, Antonis Paschalidis. Mr. Evangelou added that the creation of casinos in the most tourist area of a state is a normal development and this should be done in the case of free Famagusta, where Protaras and Ayia Napa are the front of tourist Cyprus. This is a development that, as he pointed out, "will certainly have great financial benefits for the state coffers as well." On the same subject, Mr. Evangelou pointed out that the creation of casinos in free Famagusta will contain the number of those Cypriots who now frequent Turkish Cypriot casinos in occupied Famagusta and the Karpasia Peninsula. "We hope," he added, "that no mistakes should be made in the design of the casino theme and that the logic should be taken into account: Tourists come to Cyprus for the sea and the sun and the vast majority end up in Protaras and Ayia Napa and therefore this is normal." the province, free Famagusta is entitled and must have its own casino. "Let such projects not take place in areas that will simply create problems for the Cypriot population, whom they want to protect, they claim, and let them do them where they should", concluded Mr. Evangelou. In his statements, Mr. Evangelou noted the substantial progress observed recently in the implementation of the marinas of Ayia Napa (600 boats) and Paralimni (500 places) and pointed out that this future infrastructure, along with the future development of the Liopetri River and the creation of casinos, will create important conditions for the development of winter tourism in free Famagusta.Source: LIBERAL