Las Vegas was the second most popular destination in the U.S. in 1998 -- in that year, more than 30 million visitors spent over 24 billion dollars in the city! In 1999, the number of visitors is expected to increase by 10%. Total hotel occupancy has been holding steady at over 90%. Vegas is currently home to 9 of the largest hotels in the world, and attracts both leisure and convention travelers. The opening of the Bellagio, The Mandalay Bay, the Venetian, and Paris Las Vegas resorts will add more than 20,000 hotel rooms by the middle of 2000. Frommer's Las Vegas is totally up-to-date on all the latest developments -- and it's the funniest, most candid and outrageous Las Vegas guide on the market!