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Tourism is not the problem – to the wonderful people of Hawaii, we support you everytime we visit. Please support us visiting and contributing significantly to your economy.
I am a resident of Hawaii. I have never had a problem with tourists. I welcome them and show Aloha. I don’t feel that people who come here to live show Aloha. I feel they brought the mainland with them. I wish they hadn’t come.
I feel the same. I love watching tourists enjoy our beautiful island. The vast majority are so respectful and excited, with eyes filled with wonder. Makes me so proud. I have also noticed the same as you about transplants vs lifelong residents. The “I’ve got mine, now go away” syndrome.
Aloha Robbie. I believe that is a fair statement. I moved to Florida 23 years ago and it was wonderful. People were kind, etc. since then we had an infusion from Northeast states buying 6 houses a weekend and bringing their bad manners. Time was a little wave to get in a line of cars was ok. Everyone talked about paradise and island time. No more. It has become a rude, horn honking, middle finger area intent on extracting the last dollar. Sound familiar? So, courtesy and caring is being lost everywhere. My vacation to Hawaii was wonderful. Great people, great area, but it seems things are changing everywhere. Aloha, and keep the good vibes alive.
Transplants to Florida are a completely different breed of folk from transplants to Hawaii, IMO. I don’t feel that our transplants are particularly rude or discourteous here.
Just got back from oahu. Hawaii has bigger problems they need to take care of first. Dozens of people sleeping/living on the beach in front of the park next to the Hilton Hawaiian Village doesn’t make a person feel like they are vacationing in paradise and neither does a young woman dead on the sidewalk across from Macy’s.
Whaaat? Really dead, no police called? And not sure where the “park next to..” is, u talking about fort derussy or something closer?
All cities having the samo,
problems. Hawaii is no different just that it is concentrated and more intense when you witness it happening on a concentrated island versus another State ☠️
Sadly, our last visit to Hawaii will probably be in 2027. We typically spend a week on Oahu, a week on the Big Island, and 10 days in Maui. I’ve spent 9 years in Hawaii, over the years. My wife was born there, and our two kids were both born there. As a kid, I lived at Fort Ruger (1961-64), right on the slopes of Diamond Head. We used to climb the volcano from the outside, not inside. You can still see the trails we took. On our last visit this year, we couldn’t ever get into Diamond Head. Found out you now have to make reservations. Anyway, we quickly found out that Hawaii is full of regulations and extra costs to enforce those regulations. Driving on H-1 is much like traffic in LA. Just a frigging zoo. We’ve never had any problems with locals. Found out years ago that if you treat people with respect and friendliness, they’ll respond in kind.
Not sure I agree with you. I recommend not asking more of Hawaii’s government. They should not use taxpayer dollars to pay for housing. Just require additional property taxes of $1,000,000 annually to those who don’t live in their dwellings. That’ll force the market down. But, neither realtors nor the politicians their donations support will do this. Keep the government out of markets. They can’t help but make a bigger mess.
We were appalled at the amount of trash dumped on the roadside in Maui when we visited in July. I’ve been vacationing in the islands for decades & this was the worst I’ve seen it. The dumping was old appliances, bags of clothes, household goods. Obviously things dumped by residents, not tourists.The worst location was on the roadside leading to the landfill entry. Seriously, couldn’t you go that last mile to actually put your trash in the landfill?
You’ve made what was once a relaxing vacation now a series of scheduled events on a strict itinerary that I get the privilege of paying fees to help you keep your home clean. Until you show pride of ownership and allow me to have a more relaxing vacation, I’ll take my dollars to a new destination where I’m made to feel welcome.
Money has never been an issue, the State of Hawaii recieves a diaporportionate amount of Federal Funding relative to population and area. The issue is corruption. Hawaii has the lowest transparency of any US State around government spending and contracts. It is well known that contracts go to family, costs are always doubled and that Tax Money is grifted. This is not mysterious, we all see the reaults firsthand. Like that new Hawaii County Building that fell over in the Wind a few years back. How does a one story building, wider than it is tall, fall over in the wind? Corruption.
How does the Island of Hawaii get completely infested with Little Fire Ants while millions are being misspent?
Corruption and graft.
How is it that Hawaii recieves more Federal Hiway Funding than Rhoad Island, Connecticut and Vermont Combined yet there are no actual Freeways?
Graft, corruption, greed.
And lets talk about the roads that are there.
All of this sounds like hogwash. Hint: rich people do not “visit” Hawaii, they buy investment property to rent to tourists.
This ideaology developing is destructive. If the State of Hawaii wants to take action, they need to first build excess subsidized housing to create a market surplus and cripple the high pricing paradox.
Do not play dumb with me. What is being described will result in an uphill price climb across the board. Parking at beaches and destinations is an issue, so build some damn parking lots. This BS has got to stop. You throw the baby out the window with the bathwater. Everyone has bills to pay, and if the tourists even decline 3% people will starve in the streets.
There are bigger issues like controlling Little Fire ants, widening roads and school teams need nice uniforms. So Permanently Lay off 50% of All State Employees to start. Then we deal with state contractors and equal buidling codes
Start with the “governor”.
Rich people do not need to rent to tourists, and prefer not to.
We be angry here? Some rich people do, in fact, rent their large homes out to tourists who can afford it and thus bring in More Money for themselves. Win win to them.