International visitors to one of the world’s largest tourist destinations dropped 13% in June as workers face layoffs

The Trump administration’s immigration policies are affecting workers and driving, in part, a decline in tourism, including international tourists, to Las Vegas, according to workers and the largest labor union in the state of Nevada.

Visitors to Las Vegas overall dropped 11.3% in June 2025, compared to the same month last year. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, international visitors to one of the world’s largest tourist destinations dropped 13% in June.

“A lot of departments are having a lot of layoffs,” said ​​Norma Torres, a housekeeper for eight years at Mandalay Bay and a member of the Culinary Union, who has worked in the hospitality industry since she was 18 years old. “In the housekeeping department, the people on call are barely called into work.”

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    6 months ago

    Vegas is two pronged issue.

    International visitors are 100% Trump Slump, we don’t want to be picked up by ICE for nothing, tortured, sent to a concentration camp then onto god knows wherever.

    That’s the reality for anyone without US citizenship in the US.

    But they’d already started to lose business due to their greed, the resort fees, parking fees, buffet fees, childcare fees, Vegas was a cheap playground where you gave some extra money to the house for the fun of playing the games. Now it’s more expensive than REAL resort locations.

    The desert sucks. I live in one - Who would want to go to the desert over the tropics or the snow? Vegas’ one thing was being that cheap playground.

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      6 months ago

      That’s the reality for anyone without US citizenship in the US.

      Hey it’s also the reality for anyone with citizenship in the United Shitheads of Amerikkka.

      Who would want to go to the desert over the tropics or the snow?

      As someone who lives in an area with snow I’d like to say that snow really sucks to deal with. The only good thing I have to say about it is that fresh snow looks pretty. Otherwise it’s a pain in the ass to deal with. When shoveling it to clear paths you realize how heavy it can be. Black ice in the winter is also a pain, can hardly tell there is ice there but you will slip all the same.