LAS VEGAS (KSNV) \u2014 Major tourist spots across Las Vegas are experiencing a significant drop in visitors, with an 11% decrease compared to last year.<\/p>\n
Locals and business owners are attributing the decline to high prices and the intense summer heat.<\/p>\n
Kyle McCurdy, a Las Vegas local who frequently skateboards in popular tourist areas, says he’s noticed the emptiness around the city.<\/p>\n
“We skate Fremont on the regular, and the last few weeks have literally been so quiet it’s beyond comprehension,” McCurdy said. “I’d be very concerned if I was someone out here for my regular job.”<\/p>\n
The decline in tourism is raising concerns among those who rely on visitors for their income, particularly in the restaurant industry. <\/p>\n
A restaurant manager off Fremont Street, who chose to remain anonymous, shared her concerns for the future.<\/p>\n
“There’s a decline, especially in our industry, there’s a decline in customers because eating out right now, unfortunately, is a luxury for a lot of people,” she said.<\/p>\n
She noted that most of her customers are visitors and described the strip as “a ghost town” on Saturday nights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (KSNV) \u2014 Major tourist spots across Las Vegas are experiencing a significant drop in visitors, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-108250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}