Leader of anti-vacation rental group that’s pro-hotels, has taken control at Hawaii Tourism.
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In the vacation zone Kailua kona BI, I see a lot less international visitors .Weakness in Canadian, Japanese currency have defiantly reduced the occupancy rates greatly. Rich people don’t want to retire here full time due to the heat and taxes, poor people don’t want to work two jobs. The middle class and foreigners are priced out by high cost and foreign exchange. I think the HTA should focus on getting more intermediate visitors, one to three months, these having less environmental impact.
More buses, less rental cars would be help get more tourism with
minimal impacts. If the law were changed to allow 2 or 3 month “short term” rentals, this could help a lot.
Some good points . Many working class people I’m the US can’t take 2 to 3 months off to enjoy Hawaii or anywhere
Its easy to add and increase taxes and user fees.  But it’s hard to rewrite landlord tenant law, to facilitate intermediate stay visitors.
Seems like the HTA is owned by the hotels and airline industry anyway. Hawaii is an isolated state, decoupled from mainland by the Jones act, so the incumbent players continue to earn the winnings of limited competition. That kind of economic power is
self-reinforcing…