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Metropolitan Las Vegas Tourism Statistics

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	^b2009
Visitor Spending	########	########	########	########	########	########	$32,777,906,000	$33,724,467,000	$36,733,453,000	$39,406,265,000	$41,578,079,000	$42,800,000,000^b	N/A
Visitor Volume	########	30605128	########	########	########	########	35,540,126	37,388,781	38,566,717	38,914,889	39,196,761	37,481,552	36,800,076
Hotel Rooms	105,347	109,365	120,294	124,270	126,610	126,787	130,482	131,503	133,186	132,605	132,947	140,529	149,156
Occupancy Rate	86.4%	85.8%	88.0%	89.1%	84.7%	84.0%	85.0%	88.6%	89.2%	89.7%	90.4%	86.0%	N/A
Room Nights Occupied	########	########	########	########	########	########	39,760,735	41,953,010	43,166,172	43,496,236	43,978,733	42,967,252	N/A
Average Room Rate^a	$62.30	$65.51	$66.86	$74.30	$76.63	$76.69	$82.48	$89.78	$103.12	$119.66	$132.09	$119.19	N/A
Gross Gaming Revenue	########	########	########	########	########	########	$7,831,273,707	$8,711,998,881	$9,717,372,388	$10,630,452,393	$10,868,455,573	$9,796,724,665	$8,795,920,706
Airline Passengers	########	########	########	########	########	########	36,265,932	41,441,531	44,267,362	46,210,682	47,729,414	44,074,707	N/A
Convention Attendance	3,669,607	3,544,270	4,695,652	4,535,742	5,014,240	5,105,450	5,657,796	5,724,864	6,166,194	6,307,961	6,209,253	5,899,725	N/A
Convention Economic Impact	########	########	########	########	########	########	$6,546,775,778	$6,860,512,075	$7,608,151,056	$8,182,818,340	$8,449,208,768	N/A	N/A

Data sources: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, State of Nevada Gaming Control Board, McCarran International Airport.
^aLVCVA; 2003 and later Average Room Rate based on data provided from area hotels. Prior year room rates were taken from survey of visitors (Visitor Profile Study).
^bEstimated

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