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Las Vegas mayor says the city is suffering from a serious drop in Canadian tourists: 'We need you, and we miss you' | Fortune (archive.is)

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Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley issued a heartfelt plea to Canadian visitors this week, acknowledging the city’s tourism-dependent economy is suffering from a dramatic decline in international visitors, particularly from Canada, which represents the city’s largest international market.

“As the mayor of Las Vegas, I’m telling everybody in Canada, please come. We love you, we need you, and we miss you,” Berkley said during a press conference this week, where she addressed the multiple challenges facing the entertainment capital’s tourism industry.

The mayor’s latest comments echo concerns she first raised in an August press conference, where she painted a stark picture of the tourism decline.

“International travel is way down. People are not coming to the United States,” Berkley said last month. “’

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[–] Outlawstar@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

I'm American, have never been to Vegas and was planning a trip. Then all my bills went up. My insurance alone tripled. I now fear traveling state to state as I don't trust the police in red states so no driving through them. I no longer trust the TSA to not arrest me for what I post online so no more flying. I think I will stay right here for the foreseeable future as travel just isn't important to me right now. Would I love to travel? Yes. I need to feel safe and secure in it and to not be financially ruined by it. Right now I just need to focus on making sure my housing and food is secured. I don't have time or security to focus on anything else.

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

I can promise you TSA doesn't give a flying fuck about anything besides the water bottle in your backpack. Other agencies, sure, but the TSA itself is only concerned if you're trying to bring a prohibited item through security. Unless the FBI has tagged you as a terrorist or something they could care less.

Edit: yeah there are still bad actors and racists out there, but I'm trying to say that the TSA agent isn't gonna stop and go "wait a second you posted cringe on twitter" unless another agency tells them to. "But my agent was a jerk and profiled me" yeah there are jerks, it's surprisingly low effort to be an asshole. I'm just saying TSA (and just the TSA) has their head too far up their ass and is too lazy to try and monitor every single person who wants to take a flight themselves.

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