After doing gangbuster business in the post-COVID era, Las Vegas is in the midst of a slump, with the number of tourists down sharply as Canadians in particular avoid Sin City amid bilateral bad blood over trade.
The total number of visitors is off more than 11 per cent year-over-year, according to data from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, one of the most dramatic declines in recent memory outside of the pandemic.
Airline figures reveal there’s been an even steeper decline among Canadians going to the desert gambling mecca.
No doubt the decline in Canadian visitors has played a part in Vegas’ slide but it’s far from the main reason.
But there are other factors not least of which are price gouging and fees upon fees. No value? No tourists. Easy.
Oh and most of us in the Great White Taxed To Death are watching our pennies.
K loved Vegas. We were married there. Someday I may go back, just to visit the places we missed and promised ourselves we’d see our next trip out.
