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Tourism helps keep Las Vegas a prime luxury goods market

More high-end stores are coming to the Las Vegas Strip Wynn Resorts plans to double its luxury good offerings this fall with Wynn Plaza The company is competing with MGM Resorts International’s all-luxury Shops at Crystals, Grand Canal Shoppes in The Venetian and Palazzo, Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, and the Fashion Show mall Matt Bear, real estate broker Matt Bear, real estate broker Las Vegas had 42 million visitors in 2017. They spent an average of $142.67 per trip on shopping between 2013 and 2017, data show. That was more than double the money spent on shows and entertainment, and more than six times the money spent on sightseeing during the same period.

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