Las Vegas May 2022: Visitor Traffic Down 6.6% Compared to 2019

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 2022 Las Vegas Visitor Statistics

Visitation exceeded 3.4M visitors in May, surpassing last May by 19.8% and approx. 7% shy of May 2019.

Overall hotel occupancy reached 82.6%, 11.7 pts ahead of last May and down 8.2 pts vs. May 2019. Weekend occupancy again was in the 90's (91.9%, up 4.1 pts YoY and down 4.5 pts vs. May 2019) while Midweek occupancy exceeded 78% (up 16.0 pts YoY and down 9.3 pts vs. May 2019).

Following last month's record‐breaking ADR, May saw another month with ADR reaching nearly $176, 38.7% ahead of last May and over 25% above May 2019 while RevPAR exceeded $145 for the month, significantly ahead of May 2021 (+61.6%) and 13.8% over May 2019.

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The first graph shows visitor traffic for 2019 (dark blue), 2020 (light blue), 2021 (yellow) and 2022 (red)

Visitor traffic was down 6.6% compared to the same month in 2019.

Visitor traffic was up 20% compared to last May.

The second graph shows convention traffic.

Convention traffic was down 24.9% compared to May 2019.

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