There’s a Disney World there too
Using data from America’s International Trade Administration, a government agency, The Economist finds that foreign arrivals at American airports are down by 3.8% compared with 2024, or 1.3m fewer people. The slump was steepest between May and July, when arrivals fell by 5.5% year on year. That bucked the global trend as tourism finally recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
According to the article Florida is doing ok which brings the number up. Everywhere else really felt the loss. None more than Las Vegas:
Empty hotel rooms, half-filled casinos and an overall feeling of dread have cast a pall on this normally bustling mecca of 24-7 entertainment.
There were 11.3% fewer visitors to Las Vegas and 10.7% fewer convention goers in June compared to the same month last year, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) recently said.
It’s a canary in the coal mine… it wasn’t just foreigners.