Tourism

‘Everybody needs Vegas’: Overseas visitors return after pandemic travel restrictions lifted

Showgirls wave as Virgin Atlantic Flight 155 from Heathrow Airport arrives as the first overseas flight after the U.S. border reopened to vaccinated travelers Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, at McCarran International Airport.

Caroline Brownbridge was bubbling over with excitement as she arrived in Las Vegas from England for her goddaughter’s destination wedding. “It’s just brilliant to be here,” Brownbridge said as she stepped off a Virgin Atlantic Airways flight Monday at McCarran International Airport. “We’re ...

Las Vegas hotel room rates highest since onset of pandemic

A view looking northbound on the Las Vegas Strip from Tropicana Avenue Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

Average daily hotel room rates in Las Vegas reached their highest point in September since the start of the pandemic, according to a report from the ...

Recreational businesses dependent on the Colorado cast a hopeful eye on future

Chad Taylor, director of sales and marketing for Lake Mead Mohave Adventures, poses by houseboats at the Callville Bay Marina in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.

Lake Mead Mohave Adventures is not the only business that has had to adjust to lower water levels at Lake Mead and along the Colorado River.

TI exec: Pandemic accelerated changes that were coming anyway

Shelly Ryster-Blanton at Treasure Island Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021.

For years, Las Vegas has been billed as an “anything goes” kind of destination. But these days, heightened safety measures and their more conspicuous presence make a different statement to tourists.

Rise in coronavirus cases slows airline bookings, could curb Las Vegas’ recovery

A view of the baggage claim area at McCarran International Airport Thursday, May 20, 2021.

With cases of the more-contagious delta variant surging, troubling signs are emerging that airline bookings are slowing and more people are canceling flights.

Las Vegas visitation in July strongest since onset of pandemic

Tourists ride escalators to Planet Hollywood and the Miracle Mile Shops on the Las Vegas Strip Saturday, April 17, 2021.

July was the strongest month for visitation to Las Vegas since the start of the coronavirus pandemic over a year ago, according to statistics released by tourism officials today. In its monthly ...

Clark County joins travel firms' taxes fight

A view of Las Vegas Boulevard on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017.

The county with jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip has joined a legal fight to try to collect what attorneys maintain could be be hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid hotel room taxes owed by more than 20 online travel companies. A lawsuit by Clark County echoes claims raised last year by ...

Parking no longer free at Miracle Mile Shops on Las Vegas Strip

Pedestrians head toward the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017.

Self-parking is no longer free at the Miracle Mile Shops garage on the Strip. Those parking inside the garage — near Planet Hollywood — will be charged up to $15 per day.

Tourists in Las Vegas, like the rest of us, are split on the mask mandate

A couple wearing face masks kisses as they celebrate New Year's Eve along the Las Vegas Strip Thursday, Dec 31, 2020, in Las Vegas.

In spite of their vaccination status, a vast majority of Las Vegas tourists have been going bare-faced since mask mandates for vaccinated people were dropped June 1 …

Vaccinations, other precautions are key to Las Vegas' economic health

Duran Heath, 24, gets the COVID-19 vaccine at UNLV on April 5, 2021. Beginning Friday, Gov. Steve Sisolak is mandating that all people, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in most public, indoor places in Clark County.

From coast-to-coast, travelers are being urged to exercise caution in visiting Las Vegas, as the delta variant of the coronavirus is causing cases here to surge. That advice, in part, is behind recent efforts locally and on a statewide basis to stem the surge. Those efforts include …

Canada's Flair Airlines plans flights to Las Vegas in October

Canadians and Americans looking to fly across the border could have one more airline to choose from this fall, if virus-related travel restrictions between the two countries are gone by ...

Renovations at Caesars Palace will enhance main entrance, gaming floor

The redesigned main entrance at Caesars Palace will include a high dome ceiling, a 15-foot-tall Caesar statue, two redesigned gaming areas and new lobby bar.

Construction will begin this month and is scheduled to be mostly completed by the end of the year ...

Las Vegas resorts look to build on leisure traveler momentum

Tourists ride escalators to Planet Hollywood and the Miracle Mile Shops on the Las Vegas Strip Saturday, April 17, 2021.

In the video clip, the woman walking through a Las Vegas resort tells viewers that “it’s time to go places normal has never been.”

‘Magnificent,’ ‘phenomenal’: Resorts World Las Vegas opens on the Strip

Fireworks explode during the grand opening of Resorts World Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip Thursday, June 24, 2021. The $4.3 billion megaresort, built by the Malaysia-based Genting Group, occupies the site of the former Stardust hotel-casino.

Resorts World Las Vegas opened its doors Thursday night to guests eager to be part of the glamorous excitement of a new, ground-up megaresort the likes of which hasn’t been seen on the Strip since the Cosmopolitan opened in 2010. A traditional lion dance was conducted to ensure luck and prosperity. Performers in elaborate ...

Escapism on rebound: Strat exec excited by possibilities of Vegas tourism comeback

The Strat's Stephen Thayer says the Boring Company’s underground transport system can be a game-changer for the resort corridor.

"We’ve seen it time and time again where we’ve had downturns in Las Vegas for various reasons. Each time, Vegas seems to come back stronger than it was before. It feels like that is what's happening this time."