Return of international travelers helps push Las Vegas visitation back near pre-pandemic levels

Return of international travelers helps push Las Vegas visitation back near pre-pandemic levels

Article brief provided by Vegas Inc.
  • Bryan Horwath, Vegas Inc.
October 31, 2022 6:53 PM
  • Bryan Horwath, Vegas Inc.

Visitation to Las Vegas is close to pre-COVID-19 levels, but it’s not there quite yet. That’s the outlook as Las Vegas tourism officials look to next year as 2022—which has by nearly all accounts been a successful stretch—winds down.

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In August, close to 3.2 million people visited Las Vegas, up 6% from the same month in 2021 but down 11% from August 2019.

The barometer for the ongoing tourism comeback is 2019, because that was the last full year with no coronavirus-related disruption for visitation.

Though Las Vegas welcomed more than 32 million visitors last year, certain segments—including international travel and convention business—still track behind 2019 totals.