November visitation down

Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002 | 11 a.m.

About 2.65 million people visited Las Vegas in November, a decline of nearly 9 percent from November 2000, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Tuesday.

Most indicators of the city's tourism industry were down on the month, as Las Vegas continued to struggle with a travel slowdown following the attacks of Sept. 11. Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport was down 18 percent to 2.55 million on the month, and reported vehicle traffic at the Yermo Inspection Station between Los Angeles and Las Vegas on Interstate 15 declined 9 percent to 479,000.

As a result, the city's average occupancy rate for the month was 76.4 percent, a 10 percentage point decline over November 2000.

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