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“The Visitor Profile Study is a tremendous resource for determining the trends and visitor traits that are integral to formulating our future strategies for the LVCVA and our resort partners to market the destination,” said Kevin Bagger, Executive Director of the LVCVA Research Centre.
He added, “This year’s study contains great insights into today’s visitor, including that visitor spending is on the rise and there is a change in the visitor demographic. We’re attracting more first-time visitors to the destination and those visitors are younger and more diverse than in years past. We also saw growth in the number of non-gaming visitors. However, the visitors who did participate in gaming budgeted to spend more on gaming than in previous years.”
Visitor spending is up on average across all key areas. Average per trip spending on food & beverage increased from $292.42 in 2015 to $319.93 in 2016, an increase of 9.4%. Also showing significant increases over previous years was an average per trip spending on sightseeing at $35.93, up from $14.86 in 2015, and shopping at $156.91, up from $122.66 in 2015.
Additionally in 2016, Las Vegas enjoyed record-breaking visitation for the third year in a row with 42.9 million visitors, and local tourism had an estimated local economic impact of $60 billion.
Source: travelnewsdigest.in