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Jeju Dream Tower closed 2025 on a high note for the casino operation, with Lotte Tour Development announcing full-year sales of 476.62 billion won, approximately US$329.6 million. That’s a 61.8% jump from the 294.63 billion won in 2024. More visitors also flocked to the foreigners-only casino on Jeju Island, welcoming 590,332 players over the year, 54.1% more than 383,073 in the period last year. These figures come from an unaudited financial report that Lotte Tour filed Friday with the Korea Exchange, showing robust demand even as the final month showed some softening.
December itself was mixed. Casino sales rose a robust 73.8% year-on-year to 40.97 billion won, about US$28.3 million, though that came after a 20.2% fall from November’s performance. Table games led all revenue in December, at approximately 38.86 billion won, up 75.6% year-on-year, although down 22.1% sequentially. Gaming machines contributed a smaller yet growing share at 2.12 billion won, up 46.4% year over year and up 44.2% sequentially.
Breaking Down the Numbers
Table drop, the money customers give to buy chips for table games, saw a similar performance, reaching 192.08 billion won in December, up 44.7 percent from the same month last year, though 18.5 percent less than in November. For the whole year, table drops reached close to 2.46 trillion won, up 62.2% compared with the previous year. These figures underline table games as the backbone of Jeju Dream Tower, with the casino luring high-volume play from the international visitors comprising its exclusive clientele.
Visitor traffic backed up that revenue story. In December alone, 50,657 people passed through the casino doors. That steady influx throughout 2025 helped push total attendance to levels not seen before and signaled that Jeju is carving out a stronger position in Korea’s foreigner-only gaming market.
Hotel Side Shows Different Trends
On the non-gaming side, hotel sales presented a different story altogether. December contributed almost 7.53 billion won, up 36.8 percent compared to the previous corresponding period and up a decent 16 percent compared to November. That’s good momentum into the new year. However, when zooming out for the full 2025 picture, cumulative hotel revenue reached 80.56 billion won, down 4.8% compared to 2024. The contrast between the strength of casinos and the softness of hotels speaks to how Jeju Dream Tower is very gaming-heavy, with accommodations a supporting factor in what can be spotty occupancy periods.
A Year of Clear Momentum
What emerges from these figures is a casino operation that’s firing on most cylinders. The breakout year for Jeju Dream Tower in 2025, especially in table games where revenues and drops saw very sharp expansions, is sealed by 61.8% sales growth and a 54.1% visitor increase. Meanwhile, sequential declines across a number of metrics in December would suggest some degree of normalization after stronger fall months, although year-end totals leave little doubt about the underlying trajectory. As Lotte Tour looks ahead, the focus likely stays on sustaining that gaming momentum while addressing hotel occupancy to balance the overall property performance.
Source: GGR Asia
