Locals say Las Vegas tourism downturn affects more than just the Strip

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For tip-earning restaurant workers like Josefina Hurtado, fewer visitors means fewer customers, and fewer tips.

Asked how the slowdown will affect her, Hurtado said, "By a lot, you know, I just don't know where I'm going to get the funds or even do what I need to do to make sure my kids have a better future than I did growing up."

A single mom with four kids she's trying to put through college, Hurtado said she worries about how long the downturn will last.

"I just hope and pray that, you know, we come out of this Trump slump that we're in, because it's real. It's definitely real, and it's a struggle," she said.

"The facts are in, that we're the only country of all the ones that are being monitored that's going to have a downturn in tourism and it's going to be in the tens of billions of dollars," he said. "And that means jobs in Las Vegas, and that's a real problem. And most folks didn't vote for that. So what we want to see is some real re-focusing from this administration on the cost of living, and if they don't do it, there's going to be repercussions at the ballot box next year."

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