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

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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 - SLRPNK

>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. “’ Great yet ?

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.
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.
Maybe today but do you think Orange Man won’t weaponize the TSA given a reason or opportunity?
They’re already so desperate to have the power of real cops, that’s a terrifying thought