by Calculated Risk on 6/28/2023 02:55:00 PM

Note: I like using Las Vegas as a measure of recovery for both leisure (visitors) and business (conventions).

From the Las Vegas Visitor Authority: May 2023 Las Vegas Visitor Statistics

Supported by strong demand along with multiple weekend music festivals including the Lovers & Friends festival, Sick New World festival and the recurring Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) event, Las Vegas hosted approx. 3.5M visitors, 1.5% ahead of last May.

Overall hotel occupancy reached 84.4% for the month (+1.8 pts YoY). Weekend occupancy was healthy at 93.2%, +1.3 pts YoY, and Midweek occupancy approached 81%, surpassing last May by 2.0 pts.

Overall ADR exceeded $183, +4.3% from May 2022 while RevPAR neared $155, +6.6% YoY

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The first graph shows visitor traffic for 2019 (Black), 2020 (light blue), 2021 (purple), 2022 (orange), and 2023 (red).

Visitor traffic was down 5.2% compared to the same month in 2019.

Visitor traffic was up 1.5% compared to last May.

The second graph shows convention traffic.

Convention traffic was down 12.8% compared to May 2019, and up 16.1% compared to May 2022.

Note: There was almost no convention traffic from April 2020 through May 2021.