Data for August has not yet been released. But as schools return to in-classroom learning and many businesses require workers to return physically to the office, it wouldn’t be a huge surprise if Las Vegas visitor volumes taper off from July. Opening up international travel will help keep Las Vegas bustling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“Today marks an important turning point in the recovery of international visitation essential to Las Vegas’ tourism industry,” declared LVCVA CEO Steve Hill.<\/p>\n
Prior to the pandemic, international travelers in 2019 accounted for 14 percent of all visitors arriving in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
Hill’s LVCVA, which is responsible for promoting Southern Nevada and keeping Las Vegas’ more than 145,000 hotel rooms occupied throughout the year, says the international travel news will help return convention business, too.<\/p>\n
\nThis milestone is significant and welcome news for many of our major tradeshows and conventions that draw exhibitors and attendees from around the world,”<\/strong> Hill explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nReturning foreign travel, plus conventions will ideally result in Las Vegas casinos continuing to hire in the months ahead. Nevada continues to have the highest unemployment rate in the country.<\/p>\n
“In terms of domestic air, we are back to where we were. International travel has been a huge missing component,” Chris Jones, chief marketing officer for McCarran International, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Foreign guests haven’t been able to visit the gaming capital since the onset of the pandemic. That will change soon for vaccinated foreigners. Southern Nevada received great news this week, with President Joe Biden’s administration announcing the easing of entry protocols into the country for foreign travelers. Beginning in November, vaccinated non-citizens will be able […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":186417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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