1) I worked in the casino industry for several years.
2) My ex-husband is a casino executive at one of the casinos.
3) I have done a lot of traveling and there are GIANT 6 foot tall posters advertising Las Vegas in most major cities throughout the world.
1) I am a consultant for both online and offline gambling. Furthermore, I have a long background in advertising and marketing.
2) Irrelevant.
3) I beg to disagree. In all my travels through numerous countries, particularly in the last 4-5 years, I have *never* seen a single poster advertising Las Vegas. The most I have seen is the occasional article in a magazine – but never in the form of advertising. These cities include London, Dublin, Barcelona, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Taipei, Seoul, Singapore, Amsterdam, Manila, Bangkok (duh, I live here), Melbourne, Monte Carlo, Montreal, Toronto – and excludes all US cities for which you will obviously find more Vegas advertising.
Travel agencies over there are FILLED with travel books and brochures regarding vacationing in Las Vegas. It is a very popular vacation destination for people from all over the world.
It sure is a very popular vacation destination – not going to argue that point. It may well be one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world. But it still goes nowhere NEAR 1% of the world’s population, let alone “nearly every person” – and the advertising is not nearly as widespread as you think.