Nearly 55 million passengers traveled through LAS in 2025, giving the airport<\/a> its third-highest annual total.<\/p>\n While passenger numbers still declined from the prior year, the airport attributed its 2025 success to various changes, such as TSA wait times on flight information display screens, a new airport website and two new lounges.<\/p>\n POPULAR LAS VEGAS ATTRACTION SEATING THOUSANDS WILL EXPAND TO NEW VACATION DESTINATION<\/a><\/p>\n James Chrisley, director of the Clark County Aviation Department, told Reuters, “Our peaks are still peaks, and our valleys are softer.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LCVA) released its year-end summary for 2025 as well \u2014 and those numbers are worrisome to many.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nearly 55 million passengers traveled through Las Vegas, setting a record for the airport\u2019s third-highest annual total. (Ashley J. DiMella\/Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n There were 38,545,700 people who visited Sin City \u2014 down 7.5% from 2024, the report said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The highest visitation year ever recorded in Las Vegas was in 2019, with 42,523,700 people coming by.\u00a0<\/p>\n That was before a dip during the\u00a0COVID pandemic<\/a>, according to LCVA data posted on its website.\u00a0<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n The noted visitor volume in 2025<\/a> closely mirrors the levels seen in 2000, 2002 and 2003.<\/p>\n Total occupancy in 2025 was 80.3%, with average room rates<\/a> at $196.54 and a convention attendance of 5,988,200.<\/p>\n In comparison to 2024, convention attendance, visitors, occupancy<\/a> and the daily roommate were all down.<\/p>\n There were 38,545,700 people who visited Sin City last year \u2014 down 7.5% from 2024. (Ashley J. DiMella\/Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n Steve Hill, LVCVA president, reportedly spoke about the\u00a0effect that tariffs<\/a>\u00a0have had on both returning and potential new visitors.<\/p>\n “Some of the decisions our administration has made around international relations [have] caused a drop in tourism,” said Hill, according to local outlet KTNV Las Vegas.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n Many officials, hotel owners and travel experts are citing a drop in Canadian tourism<\/a> as a major reason that tourism numbers have been down.<\/p>\n Now, Circa Resort\u00a0& Casino has launched an “at par” promotion \u2014 making the exchange rate for Canadians equal at its properties.<\/p>\n Total occupancy in 2025 was 80.3%, with average room rates at $196.54 and a convention attendance of 5,988,200. (Chase Stevens\/Las Vegas Review-Journal\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/p>\n “Canadian [visitors] are down anywhere from 20% to 50%, depending on what month you look at over the course of the last year,” Casino owner Derreck Stevens previously told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ<\/a><\/p>\n Reuters called Las Vegas “a city powered by leisure spending that just posted its sharpest annual visitor decline outside the pandemic.”<\/p>\n![\"las](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/las-vegas-tourism-airport.jpg\")
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