India, July 30 -- Las Vegas, once the crown jewel of American tourism, today seems to be battling a dip in footfall. Visuals shared on social media show the city's once busy roads and glittering casinos sitting virtually empty. Some social media users have even compared the Nevada city to a "ghost town".

According to a Wall Street Journal report, published July 26, workers in Las Vegas have seen their tips go down by as much as 50%, thanks to declining tourism. This plunge in income from tips comes despite Nevada's recently-passed 'no tax on tips' law.

"No tax on tips, that's a rad thing. But it doesn't really do us much good if there isn't any people to get tips from," Las Vegas-based tattoo artist Charlie Mungo told the Journal.

Mung...