Las Vegas is feeling the impact of a wider travel downturn, with a new report from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) revealing a nearly eight percent drop in visitor numbers compared to the same period last year. The data shows that just 3.39 million people visited the city in March 2025—a notable decline from the 3.68 million recorded in March 2024.
The decrease in tourism has been accompanied by dips in hotel occupancy rates and casino revenue. Midweek hotel stays fell by 2.4 percent, with occupancy at 82.9 percent compared to 85.3 percent a year earlier. Weekend occupancy also slipped, albeit more modestly, by one percent.
Even with more than half a million attendees flocking to conferences across the city, Las Vegas couldn’t counteract the overall slump. Meanwhile, casinos along the iconic Strip reported revenue losses of nearly five percent over the past year, with gaming earnings across Nevada down 1.1 percent.
Despite the decline in visitor volume, hotel prices have continued to climb. The average daily rate for rooms along the Strip rose by 3.9 percent compared to March 2024.
Figures from the Clark County Department of Aviation also found that Sin City’s Harry Reid International Airport saw a 3.9 percent year-over-year decrease in passenger traffic. On the roads, traffic volumes on I-15 near the Nevada-California border dipped by 3.1 percent.
The Independent attributed Las Vegas’ falling tourism numbers to a broader “Trump Slump,” a trend in which international travelers are increasingly avoiding the U.S. due to growing concerns over deportation. Their worries have been fueled by several widely publicized cases involving foreign nationals, such as German backpackers Charlotte Pohl and Maria Lepère, Welsh traveler Rebecca Burke and Germany’s Lucas Sielaff.
President Trump’s rhetoric, combined with such policy changes as new tariffs, has drawn criticism abroad and also appears to be discouraging foreign travelers. Official statistics from the U.S. International Trade Administration reveal that the number of visitors from Western Europe fell by 17 percent in March 2025 compared to the previous year. For some countries, such as Germany and Ireland, the decline exceeds 25 percent.
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