{"id":43662,"date":"2017-01-11T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=43662"},"modified":"2017-01-11T16:22:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T00:22:39","slug":"las-vegas-attracts-record-42-9-million-visitors-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-attracts-record-42-9-million-visitors-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Attracts Record\u00a042.9 Million Visitors in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas<\/a> tourism has smashed records for the past three years, and 2016 was no exception. Last year, 42.9 million flocked to Sin City, according to figures newly released by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Association (LVCVA).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s up 1.5 percent on last year\u2019s record-breaking figures, and surpassing LVCVA\u2019s own predictions.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to Las Vegas: Visitor numbers break records again for 2016 as Nevada tourism targets new markets, with a new focus on India. (Image: Wikipedia.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Numbers were up across the board on 2015, with greater occupancy rates (up 1.4 percent), and higher average daily room rates ($112). Convention attendance was also up, by 7.1 percent to 6.3 million, narrowly breaking a record that had stood since 2006.<\/p>\n

Kevin Bagger, the authority\u2019s executive director of research, said that booming visitor numbers could partly be ascribed to an estimated $1.2 billion in private investment from the resort and tourism community in 2016, as Vegas saw ground-breaking new developments in gaming and, especially, non-gaming attractions.<\/p>\n

Bagger cited the MGM Resorts<\/a> International\u2019s T-Mobile Arena, the Park Theater at Monte Carlo, TopGolf at MGM Grand and SpeedVegas as examples of new world-class attractions in the city.<\/p>\n

Focus on India<\/b><\/h2>\n

Nevada\u2019s tourism agencies have also redoubled their efforts to attract visitors from new parts of the world, India in particular, which is seen as an important emerging market.<\/p>\n

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Early last year, the Nevada Commission on Tourism established the state\u2019s first representative office in New Delhi, the Indian Capital. It also signed a deal with Indian tourism marketing company Sartha Global to help push the Nevada brand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nevada was prescient in anticipating the growth of Chinese tourism in the noughties; it was the first state in the US to open a licensed tourism office in Beijing, in 2004, and hopes to build a similar understanding with India.<\/p>\n

First Flights from Beijing<\/b><\/h2>\n

The LVCVA said this week that it will focus on establishing direct flights from New Delhi to Vegas. In December, Nevada was successful in establishing the first nonstop route between Beijing and McCarran International Airport.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Qatar Airways is exploring nonstop flights from the Middle East to Las Vegas within the next two years.<\/p>\n

“Las Vegas continues to see increased interest in the destination, and we are excited to announce that once again we are celebrating record visitation,” said Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Together with our resort partners, we look forward to aggressively marketing the destination around the world to continue attracting more visitors and break the record again this year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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