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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    • lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      There are 3 kinds of americans:

      • those who wanted fascism
      • those who were ok with fascism and didn’t vote
      • those who didn’t do enough to stop fascism

      2/3 of Las Vegas residents fit in the first two categories. All three are having their faces eaten by leopards, to varying degrees of justice.

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      1 day ago

      Because it’s fun, and maybe if enough places see the harm Cheeto Mussolini is doing they will actually do something instead of begging tourists to ignore fascism.