Latest disturbing sign Las Vegas is dying amid soaring prices and Trump tourism boycotts
Tipping in Las Vegas has plunged by as much as 50 percent, according to Fox News.
Workers are blaming a sharp drop in visitors, which they say has left them with fewer customers and lower pay.
'No tax on tips, that's a rad thing,' Charlie Mungo, 36, a tattoo artist in downtown Las Vegas, told the Wall Street Journal of President Trump's new policy.
'But it doesn't really do us much good if there isn't any people to get tips from.'
Mungo said he now makes about $1,500 a month and has lost nearly a third of his clients after Canadian tourists who used to represent 30 percent of his business stopped coming.
Many blame the economy, rising costs and even political boycotts of the city.
Some service workers are pointing fingers at Donald Trump, saying his presidency has led to a drop in international visitors, while others say the real problem is Vegas itself.
'We're all starting to freak out,' Mungo said.
Jacob Soto, 22, a supervisor at Pinkbox Doughnuts in downtown Vegas, told the Wall Street Journal that his credit card tips have shrunk from $200 a week to $100–$150.
'I kinda rely on tips at the end of the day,' he said.
On Reddit's r/VegasLocals forum, one cocktail waitress said she used to average about '80 cents a drink.'
'Now I'm averaging about 10 cents,' the waitress wrote.
Another server added: 'We are working triple what we used to and making a quarter of what we did.'
According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, overall visits to Sin City are down more than 6 percent this year.
Las Vegas welcomed 3.39 million visitors in March, down almost eight percent from 3.68million in February.
April saw just over 3.3 million visitors, a drop of 5.1 percent from last year.
Hotels were 82.9 percent full the same month, compared with 85.3 percent in March 2024.
Midweek occupancy recorded a decline of 2.5 percent in the same period, despite more than half a million people attending conferences there.
And in June, there was a reported 11.3 percent drop in visitors compared to June 2024, while international travel to the city has fallen 10 percent.
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