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Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley issued a heartfelt plea to Canadian visitors this week, acknowledging the city’s tourism-dependent economy is suffering from a dramatic decline in international visitors, particularly from Canada, which represents the city’s largest international market.

“As the mayor of Las Vegas, I’m telling everybody in Canada, please come. We love you, we need you, and we miss you,” Berkley said during a press conference this week, where she addressed the multiple challenges facing the entertainment capital’s tourism industry.

The mayor’s latest comments echo concerns she first raised in an August press conference, where she painted a stark picture of the tourism decline.

“International travel is way down. People are not coming to the United States,” Berkley said last month. “’

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

How much of it is Canadians staying away because of fascism, or how much of it is staying away because Vegas is too goddamn expensive?

[–] relativestranger@feddit.nl 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

back when i was a kid (~ 1980s) my mom used to go to vegas once or twice a year. not for the gambling, but for the affordability of the whole vacation. flights, hotels, food, shows--all of it used to be really, really cheap. don't know when it changed, but yea, it certainly is not that anymore.

[–] Foni@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

It was the mafia, the mafia did it cheaply, the multinationals are much more thieves than good old Don Vito.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Don’t forget them trying annex Canada as well. Useless vermin the lot of them.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Right? If they are hurting as bad as they say they are, why isn't it getting cheaper to go there?