With convention attendance about double what it was a year ago, the city appears to have turned the corner on visitation with 3.5 million people here in July.
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Big firms, including Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia have asked the Nevada Supreme Court to direct a judge to toss out a lawsuit alleging they avoided paying tourist taxes.
While Nellis Air Force Base, Red Rock National Conservation Area and the local Bureau of Land Management office are requiring masks, the state’s casinos won’t for now.
Harry Reid International Airport was not significantly strained by winter weather storm across the country, officials said.
Travel industry leaders were still walking on air Tuesday morning thanks to news that fully vaccinated foreign nationals could again visit the U.S. starting November.
A large number of international attendees will make the U.S. Travel Association’s IPW an important gathering to show off Las Vegas to leisure and business travel buyers.
The U.S. on Monday announced plans to ease international airline travel restrictions to allow vaccinated foreign nationals to once again travel to the country starting this fall.
“Typically, going into a holiday weekend, drivers can expect gas prices to increase,” said AAA Nevada spokesman Sergio Avila. “That includes here in Las Vegas and Nevada as a whole.”
UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research predicts that visitor volume in Southern Nevada will climb 57 percent this year and 13.2 percent next year, following its 55.2 percent drop in 2020.