Canadian visitors to Las Vegas down 17.4% in 2025

Las Vegas tourism data put a specific number on one of the city’s biggest 2025 travel setbacks: fewer Canadians came. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, or LVCVA, said Canadian visitation fell 17.4% in 2025, to about 1.196 million from roughly 1.449 million a year earlier. ABC News and other outlets tied that decline to a broader slowdown in Las Vegas tourism, with workers and local officials pointing to high costs and fallout from Trump-era trade and immigration policies. ### Where does the 17.4% figure come from? The LVCVA is the source for the number. Its research pages say the agency publishes annual visitor profiles, historical tourism statistics and international visitation estimates, which local outlets used to report the Canada decline. Las Vegas television station KLAS, citing an LVCVA report on international visitors, said travel from Canada to Las Vegas fell 17.4% in 2025. The same report said Canada remained the city’s largest international source market. (abcnews.com) ### How big was the drop in actual visitors? Canadian visitation fell by about 252,400 travelers year over year, based on the reported totals of 1,448,700 in 2024 and 1,196,300 in 2025. (lvcva.com) The Las Vegas Sun, citing LVCVA data, reported that loss directly and said it added to concerns about weaker international demand. Canada still accounted for the biggest international slice of Las Vegas travel even after the decline. (8newsnow.com) Secondary reports on the LVCVA data said the Canadian market represented roughly a quarter of foreign visitation to Las Vegas in 2025. ### Was this just a Canada story, or part of a wider slowdown? The LVCVA said Las Vegas welcomed 38.5 million visitors in 2025, down 7.5% from 2024. (lasvegassun.com) The agency also said annual hotel occupancy fell to 80.3%, while convention attendance of 6.0 million nearly matched the prior year, making business travel a relative support for the market. (travelculturelife.com) LVCVA’s research tracker shows the softness carried into 2026. For the trailing 12 months through June 2026, visitor volume was down 3.9% from a year earlier, while convention attendance was up 5.9%. ### Why did this become politically charged? ABC News reported on August 5 that Las Vegas hospitality workers blamed the tourism slump on Trump administration tariffs, high gas prices linked to the Iran war and the cost of living. That attribution came from workers interviewed by the outlet, not from the LVCVA statistical release itself. (press.lvcva.com) Local and national coverage had been making similar links earlier. (lvcva.com) ABC7 reported in August 2025 that some Las Vegas officials blamed tariffs and immigration policies for weaker tourism, especially from abroad. ### Why do Canadian travelers matter so much to Las Vegas? Canada is not a niche feeder market for Nevada; it is the top international one. (abcnews.com) That means a double-digit decline from Canada has an outsized effect on hotel demand, gaming floors, restaurants and other visitor spending, even if domestic travel and conventions remain larger pieces of the overall market. (abc7ny.com) The LVCVA’s public research pages are where the next updates will appear. Its tourism tracker already posts 2026 monthly indicators, and its visitor-origin and annual profile reports provide the underlying market context for how Canada and other international segments are performing. (lvcva.com) (8newsnow.com)