As the resort destination braces for an influx of people this summer for the World Cup, the Las Vegas tourism agency reported travel from Canada dropped 17.4% in 2025, while travel from Mexico increased 1% and overseas visits matched prior year’s levels.
There were 4.72 million foreign visitors to Las Vegas in 2025, a 4.8% decline from the 4.99 million in 2024. It’s less than the overall decline of nearly 8% in Las Vegas visitation in 2025 and the 4.72 million is the second highest foreign visitation number since prior to the pandemic in 2019, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
The tourism agency released their annual Las Vegas Annual Visitation report Monday, showing the steep decline in Canadian travel. That was already evident when Harry Reid International Airport released its monthly passenger logs of Canadian airlines, but how large the overall decline was settled by the LVCVA.
There were 1.19 million Canadians who visited Las Vegas in 2025, down from 1.44 million in 2024.
The dip in Canadian travel is one of the reasons cited by the resort industry for a decline in tourism to Las Vegas that declined nearly 8% in 2025. The destination’s numbers bounced back slightly in February and March.
Mexican visitation remained resilient in 2025, with a 1% year-over-year increase, according to the LVCVA. There were 1.18 million visitors, up from 1.17 million.
Canada and Mexico each accounted for 25% of the foreign visitation in 2025.
Overseas visits of 2.34 million matched prior-year levels with mixed results depending on the country. Core markets in Europe, including the UK (-1.4%), Germany (-3.3%), and France (-7.4%), saw year-over-year declines. Australia, South Korea, and Japan saw year-over-year increases of 4.2%, 3%, and 10.5%, respectively, according to the report.
After Canada being ranked No. 1 and Mexico No. 2, the UK was third with 521,700 visitors, down from 529,200.
Australia was fourth with 275,500, up from 264,300. Germany was fifth with 176,400, down from 182,500. South Korea was sixth with 158,200, up from 153,600. Brazil was seventh with 136,900, down from 138,200. Japan was eighth with 126,000, up from 114,000. China was ninth with 98,300, up 8.6% from 90,500. France was 10th with 80,000, down from 86,400.
They were followed by India, Ireland, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Philippines, Taiwan, Switzerland, Argentina, Belgium, Sweden, Israel, Turkey, Austria, Poland, Denmark, Singapore, and Hong Kong to round out the top 33 destinations listed.
Hong Kong and Taiwan had the biggest increases, going up 16%.
After Canada, Denmark and the Netherlands had the biggest decline, nearly 14%.
Scottish casino consultant Oliver Lovat said the Canadian decline is not surprising, but doesn’t attribute all of that decline to geopolitics.
“I think a lot of it has to do with macro-economic issues rather than politics,” Lovat said. “The Canadian dollar is down, so it makes Las Vegas more expensive.”
As for European countries being down, Lovat cited the global economy in decline.
“European countries are not doing well at the moment.”
Despite the declines, Lovat expects a strong showing this summer when the U.S. hosts the World Cup. Even though Las Vegas will not host any matches, many visitors are expected to find their way to Las Vegas between games.
