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Visitor volume down 2.3 percent in 2001

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002 | 10:52 a.m.

Visitor volume and two other key tourism indicators were off by more than 2 percent in 2001 from the previous year in Laughlin, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported.

The LVCVA, which monitors tourism statistics for Laughlin and Mesquite as well as Las Vegas, said there were 4.47 million visitors to the Colorado River community in 2001, a 2.3 percent decrease from the 4.58 million reported a year earlier.

Total room nights occupied was off 2.5 percent to 3.4 million and gross gaming revenue was down 2.6 percent to $545.2 million for the year. The city's occupancy rate was down 1.8 points to 86.6 percent for the year.

Convention attendance was up 25.1 percent to 156,986 for the year and the number of passengers who used the airport serving Laughlin and Bullhead City, Ariz., climbed 54.8 percent to 148,770. The average daily traffic on State Route 163, which links Laughlin with U.S. 95, was up 8.8 percent to 5,244 vehicles.

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