Consumers cut back on buying cars and clothes and on dining out in the Las Vegas Valley over the past year, new data shows, amid an ongoing slump in tourism to America’s casino capital.

In Clark County, sales at food and beverage outlets; clothing, shoe and jewelry retailers; car and auto-parts dealers; and furniture, electronics and appliance stores all fell in the 12 months through June as compared to the prior year-long stretch, according to recently released figures from the Nevada Department of Taxation.

Not every kind of spending showed annual drops, and for some types of retailers, buyers shelled out more in June than in the same month last year.

But overall, some categories of shrunken spending cover locals and visitors alike and show the huge piles of money at stake in Las Vega

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