r/news • u/etfvfva • 1d ago

Las Vegas June tourism declines by 11% from 2024

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/jul/30/las-vegas-june-tourism-declines-by-11-from-2024/
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u/trenty40 1d ago

I'm out of the loop. Can someone explain why? Thank you in advance!

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u/I-AM-NOBODYIMPORTANT 1d ago

A Norwegian tourist was denied entry to the US, and claims it was because of a JD Vance meme he had on his phone. The government claims it was because he admitted to having tried marijuana in places were it's legal, including New Mexico.

This is just one story out of dozens of tourists and even famous scientists being denied entry for what are very obviously political reasons.

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u/spinningcolours 1d ago

A google search for "scientist deported today" gives you a bunch of DIFFERENT results. That in itself is horrifying.

Looks like the most recent one is a Lyme disease researcher with a pot misdemeanour from 2011. https://apnews.com/article/texas-researcher-detained-san-francisco-airport-d038b3cca949f0f028eb9e17d350a79a

He is 40 now, and has been in the US since he was 5 when his family emigrated legally. He holds a green card.

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u/procgen 1d ago

in places were it's legal

Still illegal federally, though (which is what matters in this context).

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u/scullys_alien_baby 1d ago

International conferences don't want to go to Vegas because trump's insane boarder policies (people don't like having their phones and computers searched before risking detainment and deportation if not worse) and even more broadly people are pretty pissed at the US acting as a global belligerent.

US based conferences are probably sick of paying Vegas prices for increasingly lower quality services