Visitation to Las Vegas continued its downward spiral in August with 3.2 million visitors, a 6.7 percent drop from a year earlier, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Friday.

Figures were down in every major tourism category — except gross gaming revenue — in August. The downturn wasn’t as steep as July’s 12 percent decline in visitation.

Convention attendance was off 8 percent, the hotel occupancy rate declined by 3.7 percentage points to 77.5 percent and the average daily room rate fell 7.4 percent to $162.38 a night.

The report was issued on the last day of the LVCVA’s first-ever five-day citywide “Fabulous Escape” sale that began Monday. Hotel rooms, restaurants and city attractions were discounted by as much as half off during the sale.

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