Las Vegas has lost almost eight per cent of its visitors in the space of one month, according to new figures released by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA).
The neon city received just 3.39 million guests in March, compared with 3.68 million in February, plummeting 7.8%. Accommodation data showed a fall too, with midweek occupancy down by 2.4% Hotels were only 82.9% full in March, as opposed to 85.3% in March 2024.
Those capacity figures come amid conferences attended by half a million people. At weekends, hoteliers fared better, with occupancy down by only 1%. Although demand appears to be down, room prices are up. Rates for rooms on the Sin City’s strip are 3.9% more than the same period in 2024. Meanwhile, in the casino game, the world’s gambling capital reported a fall of nearly five per cent year-on-year.
Las Vegas visitor volume down 7.8% YoY and
— Paul Mangione (@paul__mangione) April 30, 2025
Room Nights Occupied down 6.1% YoY
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And in terms of traffic at Harry Reid International, according to Clark County Department of Aviation, airport arrivals and departures have dropped by 3.9%. Road journeys appear no better: vehicle counts on the I-15 at the Nevada-California border are down by 3.1%, the LVCVA revealed.
The Independent speculated that the data is part of the “Trump Slump” – where US visitors from Canada, Europe, elsewhere around the world seem to be boycotting travel to the States due to distaste for Trumpian policies. Consumer confidence may also be playing a part in the downturn, due to the impact of Trump’s trade tariff wars.
What’s more, as The Guardian has reported, some travellers are fearful of a less than warm reception, after a series of border incidents involving tourists who appeared to be in possession of the correct paperwork. These cases prompted travel warnings from a swathe of European countries and China about the apparently hostile climate prevailing Stateside.
US International Trade Administration figures confirm that overall western Europeans were shunning the US to the extent of a 17% in March visitor numbers compared to 2024, while for some individual nations such as Germany and Ireland, the collapse in visitor numbers is as high as 25%. For the year as a whole, Adam Sacks, president of industry analysts Tourism Economics, has revised forecasts for the US international travel downwards by 21%, from nine per cent growth to a 12% decline.
