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Published on: 2/27/2007
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Vince Alberta, spokesman for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, said increasing overseas visitation is critical to Las Vegas maintaining hotel occupancy rates around 90 percent even as 40,000 new rooms are added to the market in the next five years.
Existing visa headaches can have travelers from emerging nations waiting six months or longer just to get an interview with U.S. officials who will determine if they are eligible to come to the United States, Alberta said.
"That makes it really difficult to attract international visitors.They have the opportunity to go other places much more conveniently," he said.