What are your feelings about an annual Hawaii visitor passport and the related problems?
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What are your feelings about an annual Hawaii visitor passport and the related problems?
Just came from spending a couple of days in Waikiki …so sad what has become of it. Trash travels and it’s the same ocean …I think we should start there! People who hike in parks are usually pretty conscious of their natural environment. If you want, hire people who make sure that they are!
This is idiotic.No one will visit here .Hotels are ridiculously expensive.Food is astronomically expensive You can’t even find rental cars.Hawaii better start looking to other resources for income because you are systematically ruining tourism
I am always surprised that nobody mentions “timeshares”. Ever since most resorts became timeshares, you have more and more people come in large groups and families. Stop giving permits for more time shares! Individual travelers are rarely the problem.
Just increase the landing fees, if that is practicable, for each inbound aircraft and put that money towards ecotourism, conservation, etc. The airlines will raise ticket prices by a few shekels to compensate. Simple. That way, everyone who flies in whether local or tourist, will be equal stakeholders in paying to maintain Hawaii’s beauty. The taxes and fees won’t be solely paid by visitors. I don’t know if that’s legal, but it sound like a more equitable approach than what has been proposed.
So sorry to see all of the fees. It will put off many visitors which may be the intent. I have been to Hawaii many times, so most likely I will walk to beaches from my resort.
I am sorry for new visitors as no one likes to feel that the State is taking advantage of them. The other sad note is that governments never use the money as intended. Think of all of the lotteries that were supposed to support education, and how the government reallocated the funds.
Maui needs to improve bus service. Oahu has a TheBus. Learn from them. If there is adequate bus service, less parking is needed. When I lived on Oahu, I rode the bus. I saved enough parking fees to more than pay for a monthly bus pass. Time schedules and routes were convenient. Maui needs to improve transportation opportunities. It won’t generate Green Fees but it would help traffic and lack of parking.
Aloha! So, as I have heard from many who live in Hawaii, they aren’t “Disneyland” and wish visitors wouldn’t act like it, But now they want to sell “annual passes” for entrance to certain areas. Kinda sounds “Disneyland-like” to me.
All the best to Hawaii as they transition from a tourist economy. It will take many hard economic years ahead of them, but if they work really hard they can make that dream come true.
I don’t understand all the hullabaloo against paying a fee to try to keep the islands afloat. My main concern is the monies stay in the county they were paid and all of it doesn’t go to the larger population of Oahu. We love Kauai and want to visit each year and hopefully our small contribution helps it to continue to thrive.
Haha! “Welcome to Hawaii” I remember when all 50 states agreed that state parks, etc. would be funded by convention revenue methods (sales tax, etc.), although many do have a $5 “beach fee.”
This is quite a gouge at $50 apiece (family of 4 is $200 if they’re older teens).
Just for a lark I looked at what a typical tourist is seeing when they book a room. Most say “not including taxes and fees” and when you click to see what that is have your heart attack medicine handy! The cost goes up by about 33% Right Now!
What that doesn’t show is all the fees and extras already in place for rental cars, airport tax, etc. I think they should have a giant board at City, County, and State meetings that shows all non-primary costs in Hawaii!
With this type of legislation flooding the session, is there any movement on the 90 day minimum stay requirement for condos outside the original Waikiki/Kapahulu boundary? This is to take affect April 23 this year.
Thank you…
Hi Linda.
We’ll update on that here shortly. Thanks for asking.
Aloha.
With this type of legislation flooding the session, is there any movement on the 90 day minimum stay requirement for condos outside the original Waikiki/Kapahulu boundary? This is to take affect April 23 this year.