LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Tourism slumped once more in April, a month-to-month report from the Las Vegas Conference and Guests Authority confirmed on Wednesday.
Customer quantity fell to an estimated 3,335,900 in April, down 5.1% in comparison with April 2024.
LVCVA’s abstract of tourism numbers cited “consumer uncertainty with evolving federal policies” as an element within the decline.
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By means of April, about 900,000 fewer guests have come to Las Vegas this yr in comparison with 2024 ranges, in keeping with the LVCVA. That is a distinction of about 6.5%.
(Las Vegas Conference and Guests Authority)
The report additionally confirmed Las Vegas Strip accommodations are taking in 4% extra income per out there room (RevPAR) than they did a yr in the past. That measure is a crucial gauge of resorts’ revenue, hitting $177.98 on the Strip, however solely $72.63 in downtown Las Vegas.
Common day by day charges had been up 4.5% on the Strip at $203.17, a rise of $8.75. Downtown, charges had been 4.7% larger than final yr, hitting $100.87, up $4.55.
Wrestlemania was among the many April occasions bringing guests to Las Vegas.
A separate report on passenger site visitors at Harry Reid Worldwide Airport confirmed a 3.4% drop in comparison with ranges from a yr in the past. The airport counted 4,716,039 arriving and departing passengers in April, in comparison with 4,881,617 in April 2024.
Home passengers declined by 3.6%, whereas worldwide vacationers dropped by 3.4% in comparison with April 2024.
LVCVA reported robust conference attendance, about 574,000 individuals in April for a rise of almost 14% in comparison with April 2024. A few of that was attributed to almost 50,000 individuals who got here to Las Vegas to attend conventions that had been in different cities final yr.
Resort occupancy declined by 1.0% general, with downtown accommodations (-2.6%) decrease than Strip resorts (-0.4%). Whole room nights declined by about 145,000, a drop of three.6% in comparison with April 2024.
Figures launched by the Nevada Gaming Management Board earlier within the day confirmed on line casino winnings on the Strip almost 3% decrease than April 2024. Strip casinos introduced in $646.87 million, simply greater than half of the statewide $1.23 billion.
Interstate 15 site visitors on the Nevada-California border was up 7.7% in comparison with a yr in the past.
LVCVA reported that the variety of out there rooms in Las Vegas was down 2.5% year-over-year, with the non permanent closing of The Mirage because it rebrands as a Exhausting Rock Worldwide resort.
