According to Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority data, the first four months of this year showed a decrease in the overall number of visitors. Mark Wayman, a recruiter for executives in the gaming and casino industries, told Business Insider in May that Las Vegas bookings through the summer are “the worst I’ve ever seen.”
Air traffic into Harry Reid International Airport is also trending downward, as domestic travel for the first half of 2025 was down 4% compared to last year.
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Boomers and giant corporations: That’s weird. We’ve been hoovering up real estate and jacking up prices on rent and food, but our entertainment/tourism portfolios are now underperforming… Damn millennials, killing off all the industries!
Plus you know the whole if you’re from a foreign country they’ll arrest you and throw you in a concentration camp.
This, and fuck giving the US any more money than strictly necessary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ2PadOPpW8
Basically a video on the whole topic. I went last December for a wedding and had a good time but it was hell a expensive and we did the cheapest stuff. Id go back if it was cheaper. But its only gotten more expensive in the half year since.
I just spent a week there for work and I can’t think of a reason to ever visit it’s so ludicrously expensive. Anything that would cost $10 in normal society and that’s overpriced by $5 is at least 20 in Vegas.
We went around Christmas. Took all the money we would spend for Christmas presents and just took a family trip.
Stayed at the Linq for $50 a night, ate at In and Out burger three nights. Walked Fremont Street, visited the neon sign museum. Red Rock and Calico basin. Dorked around on the light rail and oogled the outside of the sphere, visited the speed cube shop.
The most expensive thing we did was Area15 four people. The whole thing came to about $2500 including flights and car.
That said, there was no gambling, We didn’t go see any shows, We didn’t eat any fancy meals. From a Las Vegas tourism standard, they didn’t really make much off of us.
Most Canadians are actively boycotting the US because of the felon president who keeps opening his yap about the 51st state.
Not only that but you could wind up in a concentration camp as several people already have from Canada and the EU.
Just went to Vegas for the first time in a decade, it’s painful how expensive it’s gotten. A single G&T cost 20 bucks.
Not surprised given how Vegas has evolved in the last 10-15 years. Most of the casinos are run by MGM or Caesars so there is zero incentive to compete any more. It’s all expensive - the rooms, the meals, the shows. They slap bullshit like “resort fees” on everything. The comps / drinks are minimal. The table limits are ridiculous. Most of the public attractions are shut down or dialed back. The public transport is abysmal. Oh and Donald Trump has basically told the world that tourists aren’t welcome any more. I’m surprised anybody bothers going there any more quite frankly.
Pretty sure this is almost entirely about current US government. I seriously considered touring US this year, but for obvious reasons I feel safer travelling to China.
Went there for a baseball tournament. What a shit show A 20oz can of beer was $19. Margarita $35…Not surprised in the least that place is dying. Felt like they’re trying to make everything ‘new york’ exclusive with prices to match. Dumb place.
No tax tips though👍
Hmm, I can’t think of anything in the US that may be affecting tourism right now. Anyone else drawing a blank?
Well it can’t be hostility to foreigners or the cost of living skyrocketing to the stratosphere, because there’s no way that could ever happen. Must be the Democrat’s fault. Thanks Obama.
It’s gambling in airconditioned shitty hotels, a miracle anyone wants to go in the first place.
They’re trying to bulldoze Coney Island, aka “The People’s Playground” to replace it with a shitty casino. It’s a very personal fight that I’ve been at the forefront of for over a year. No one wants it, but the money must flow.
We already lost the streets. The city literally just gave them to a greedy corporation that has bought and ruined multiple historic buildings over the last two decades. Eric Adams has a hand in all of this.
They’re gonna build over it? That’s whack. Is that allowed?
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas because we can’t afford to go there and play.
I’m guessing half of the drop is Canadians
The US government threatened to annex Canada, violently or by economic blackmail. Fuck them. I would like to cordially invite Trump to shit out his own liver.
If Vegas is a casualty, then let it die.
Call me crazy but we shouldn’t be building cities in the middle of the desert anyway.
That too
Testament to humanities hubris
I went to Vegas (from Canada) in November for a company convention sort of thing right after Trump got in and felt off about it then but like actual fuck I’d go now. My company is actually struggling to find somewhere to go next year since, while they’re a US based remotes first company, a LOT of their employees are outside of the United States
Edit: It’s funny, I’ve noticed they’ve really seemed to prioritise hiring Canadian developers in the last few years. I’ve always wondered if it’s because they feel they can pay us less
I have no idea why, but Canadian IT professionals earn a fraction of their US counterparts. I can tell you its not a skill gap either. I’ve worked with many amazingly brilliant Canadian IT professionals. Its a great untapped market for global talent. Prior to trump, I saw it as a huge asset to American companies to have access to such a highly skilled work force, working in our same time zones, speaking the same language, but costing half of an American salary (or less!). However, trump killed that. I very much miss my Canadian brothers and sisters in IT.
For reference, I moved from the US to Canada but kept the same job role with the same company. My pay took almost a 50% cut (factoring in the conversion rate).
This is part of what I don’t understand. Cost of living in most major cities (Vancouver, the GTA, and to some extent Montréal) generally isn’t 50% less expensive than living in the USA. Yes healthcare is covered, but housing and food prices are quite high.
I don’t understand why IT wages are so suppressed there.
No doubt. We are cheaper for sure.
Lol trump killed the US tourism
After bankrupting his own casinos he’s expanding his reach.
He’s killed the US business like he’s killed every single business is greasy ass fingers have strangled
add it to the list of moronic shit he’s done that’s bankrupting the USA
“But the libruls got SO owned!” - random Magat while standing in the bread lines
Decades ago, I stayed in some dump on Fremont Street. I’d consider going back there for old time’s sake (although not to that particular hotel), but fuck the strip.
Vegas fucking sucks though, honestly.
Yeah, I went once and would not revisit. I think it may be a personal preference. I don’t drink, buy timeshares, hire prostitutes or gamble, I’m not the target audience. Also a lot of grungy homeless people on the strip. Food was good though.
Also a lot of grungy homeless people on the strip.
That’s just tourist hotspots in the US in general (could generally just leave out the tourist part as well). I grew up in a summer tourist town and that county has the highest rates of addiction and homelessness in the entire state. When tourism becomes the economy, it pushes everything else out and leaves no room for locals to live. Half the businesses are closed 9 months out of the year and it’s so crowded during the last 3 that you couldn’t go anywhere if you wanted to.
