Las Vegas recorded its best year of visitation since the pandemic with 41.67 million people coming to the city, a 2.1% increase over the 40.8 million in 2023. That’s below the 42.5 million in 2019 before the pandemic and below the record of 42.9 million in 2016, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
After a strong December of 279,200 convention attendees (up 42.7%), Las Vegas convention attendance for the year reached 5.99 million, just above the 5.98 million in 2023. The record is 6.6 million in 2019.
December occupancy reached 81.9%, up two points, with the average daily room rate and revenue per room seeing year-over-year increases of 3.7% and 6.3%, respectively. For the year, hotel occupancy landed at 83.6%, just ahead of 2023 (up 0.1 point), with annual weekend occupancy of 90.8% (up 0.1 point) and annual midweek occupancy of 80.4%, also up 0.1 point. Strip occupancy for the year was 86.4%, up from 86.2% in 2023. Downtown occupancy was 71% for the year, up from 69.7% year over year.
Annual average daily room rates reached $193 (+1% year-over-year), with annual revenue per room of $161 (+1.1% year-over-year).
In addition to gains in air travel to Las Vegas with a record year, vehicle traffic from neighboring states was also up. A total of 130,656 vehicles on all major highways crossed in southern Nevada, up 0.8% from 129,828 in 2023. Travel from southern California fell 0.3%.
Laughlin had 1.31 million visitors during 2024, a 3.6% increase from 1.26 million. Mesquite had 833,000 visitors, a 9.2% decline from 917,000 in 2023.
