Foreigners won't travel for tourism when they face imprisonment for traveling here? Who would have thunk?

Economic challenges are secondary.

You’re a challenged country. People don’t want to support you. Fuck you.

Stay out of the USA. Non zero risk of being detained at the border on flimsy pretext.

They are threatening to violently annex Canada. They have lost my travel business indefinitely.

I’m 42 and I live in northern Nevada born and raised. I’ve always traveled to Vegas regularly 2/3 times a year since I was a kid. And seeing what I consider my 2nd home town grow and change is wild at times. But since 2020 I’ve seen that Vegas has been on a slow decline and it’s been even more noticeable since this year. As an example I usually travel to Vegas in late April for my birthday and to see family and friends. I almost always stay at the same hotel but this time around I was told that 50% of the house keepers were to afraid to go to work due to ice raids and the other half had taken time off in protest of the current administration. So needless to say no clean towels for me. I can only see things getting worse as time goes on especially if Trump keeps wanting tariffs that will be a death blow to an entrainment town like Vegas. Wile yes Vegas is a hell hole and overpriced and it has lost its appeal with most people me included. The people of Vegas for the most are good hard working people and don’t deserve what is coming their way as just as it’s coming to hurt us all.

Oh look, if it’s not the consequences of my own actions. Rest assured they’ll do it again next time too, because the GOP has now sufficiently bribed them.

fuck Las Vegas, it’s the Dubai of United States

I haven't seen much news on this but it's pretty bad going by the numbers.

People on the vegas reddit talk about $30 drinks, $20+ burgers, $25 parking fees even if they are staying there, $50+ "resort fees" on top of over priced rooms, etc.

There are some good videos by Vegas locals talking about how ridiculous the resort fees and restaurant fees on the strip have become.

I’ve been to Vegas a bunch of times. It’s a fun place to lose some money, but it’s all slot machines with worse payouts and tons of resort fees now.

Good to see MAGAts lose money.

Oh no!

So then where are the $35/night rooms? Everything on the strip is $120+ still. Prices are literally higher than the busy season. I don't get it.

Trump is trying to protect some industries with tariffs, not realizing that nationalism brings problems and people stay away, hurting tourism.

I went last year and won't be going back. When I went in 2018 it was NOWHERE near as expensive (still expensive but we paid like $35 or something for a jack and coke at the poolside bar in 2024 at the flamingo ....) they have priced themselves too high for your average person to go and visit.

It's this + the ICE shit and it not being safe to come here anymore that have fucked Vegas.

I live 6 hours from Vegas and I’ve gotten 3 cold calls within 30 days offering me a gigantic discount to stay in Vegas. While it’s tempting, I definitely wouldn’t choose Vegas over something like Santa Monica or San Diego unless there was free food involved.

It’s because we have balatro now so there’s no need to gamble anymore