There’s no way this will be anything but fuel for the fire of Hawaii tourism’s makeover.
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There’s no way this will be anything but fuel for the fire of Hawaii tourism’s makeover.
As I read this, I am very concerned for our state’s economy and the businesses that depend on tourist. As an example, Oahu has Haleiwa listed. Majority of the businesses in the town will not survive without tourist visiting. Would our state prefer more homelessness or our next generation to leave the islands for jobs because there is nothing here? Our state needs to appropriate funds to maintain high traffic areas instead of wasting more and more funds for a rail that just does practice runs all day and will be obsolete by the time we can use it. Our families who live here, including myself who is born and raised needs to accept why the beauty of our islands attracts so many and understand that makes up a big portion of our islands survival
The tourism industry is notorious for not pay a Living Wage. When will that be addressed by all these boards and organizations?
So don’t come to Hawaii…I’m sure there are valid reasons and arguments to temper traffic through these areas…however who this will impact the most is the small businesses…most of whom depend on tourists.
These lists should be linked to every known travel website available!! Tourism and this horrid influx of new residents who consider themselves “locals” have all but destroyed Kauai!! It has to stop before aloha is lost forever!!
I thought the crazies were taking over when I left 7 years ago. Now I’m sure!
I hope that the residents of the State are willing to find some kind of way to limit the animosity. I can understand the frustration with the onslaught of tourists. It must feel like being invaded by aliens, which truly, they are. I did my best to educate myself before my first trip last year and was overwhelmed by the beauty of a place that felt like I was in a dream rather than someplace in the USA. Hawaii had a year with no tourism and suffered … and now says it’s suffering again under the burden of the return of tourism. So what is the solution ? The only thing that comes to my mind is restrictions again … it’s only a matter of how restrictive do you want to be …
Lanai is part of the County of Maui
I hope I don’t sound too dumb here, but after shutting down completely for about a year to just about all tourism and experiencing record unemployment, they are now upset that tourism has come back to numbers not seen since before the Pandemic, this is a very bad thing ??!!. So, here’s a solution, shut the state down again. Implement restrictions again (no vaccine, no entrance … that should keep half the tourists away, easily.)…start limiting the number of flights to and from the state, instead of allowing more flights, cut them. Bankrupt Hawaiian Airlines. There are ways to get what they want. They’ve had it happen already. I would be interested to see what kind of adjustments they would make with little to no tourism again.
Good morning.My name is David White and I recently traveled to Waikiki beach. February 11th thru 15th. I did not like Waikiki beach. It’s over crowded and expensive.
Thank you for your information.
Thank you for bringing this important issue to the public. My husband and I are regular visitors to Hawaii. We are always respectful of the locals and their culture. We always tread lightly on the land and in the water. We also support limiting access to certain areas that are being over used. On our last trip to Kauai we were more than happy wait our turn to reserve entrance to, park in the offsite reserved parking area, take the bus and to pay the money to go Kee beach and the Nepali coast. During the lockdowns from Covid despite the heavy financial costs of reduced tourism, our Island friends waxed poetic about how nice it was to have the burden of too many tourists gone so that the local environment had a chance to recover.
The pandemic was marvelous!
Yes!! Let’s do that again!
Hawaii is part of the United States. If these changes happen, it should not apply to U.S. citizens. It sounds like Hawaii is trying to become an independent country again and not alow visitors.
I agree! I lived in Hawaii for over 30 years. I despise tourist traps. You can only experience the true Hawaii from the locals. Respect the aina and culture while you visit.
Wow that is quite a long list. I love Hawaii I come about every 8 years. I’ve been saving to come for my 60th maybe last time. While I understand the issue and have respected the weekends and stayed close to condo, some places on the list I haven’t been to an would love to visit. Feeling very unwelcomed
So pretty much saying, visitors not welcome anywhere. I just returned from a trip to Oahu Kauai and Hawaii. While the landscape is beautiful and the trails are amazing, the trip was tainted by the overwhelming apparent income difference. The amount of homeless was astounding. The “campgrounds” were just a pavilion on a beach. The campgrounds were advertised on websites as full facilities, they were anything but.
In the 70s and 80s, the homeless on the beaches were Ohana’s(family), part because of cost, but they loved the ocean,mainly N.Shore, Waianae, Waimanalo. Now the cost is astronomical
My best friend lives in Waianae, bought a tiny house, wants to leave and can’t afford to move.
Hawaii is the heart of the world. Heart failure is the number one cause of death. Hawaii has been having a heart attack for a long time. “So long ago as if it were a dream “…….. There is No stopping the humanity of it all.
I have visited all of the listed Islands in this article, but Hawaii is where I have property and am most familiar with. Two thougts, 1. How do local businesses feel about not having tourists on Alli drive? 2. Green sand beach was a isolated destination until locals began giving car rides to the beach for money. They wait for tourists at the top of the highway. This has greatly increased the usage and access to Green Sands. Same goes for the Captain Cook monument and accessing it from the dock. No need to reply, just bringing the role of locals trying to make money off tourism into the conversation and how much the local workers contribute to over access
Hmm… Well then, what are we supposed to do when visiting Hawaii? Rent an airbnb in the middle of nowhere and just sit there the entire time? I can understand the concept of trying to mitigate the crowds, but it seems like the list includes every single place on all the islands. Even rural locations that hardly nobody visits. This is very discouraging.
The list is disappointing as all our favorite spots on Kauai and Oahu are on it. We visited 30 years ago and I used what I learned to teach my students about the beauty, culture, language, land, and waters of the islands. We wanted to return to see more of the islands and visit relatives, but life intervened.
Are You Crazy⁉️⁉️ Unbelievable‼️‼️😡
Plenty of other places to roam & travel ALL over the globe….Sounds to me like the goose that laid the golden egg has just about died in Hawaii….Wow‼️‼️😵💫
Your new Governor should request the HTA to resign. How indignant! How about implementing the 33% tax. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Once government implements a tax then they won’t get rid of it, so guess who will pay for it, the so called locals. See how well they’d like that. Be careful what you wish for! You nsy just get it. Oh, by the way, the Asians spend 3 times what us the msinlanders do. So maybe that should be your next marketing ploy!
Despite the disrespectful tone of your rant (“so-called locals”??) there is a kernel of truth in what you write. The Asian market, specifically tourists from Japan, is “high spending,” nearly disappeared during the pandemic, and hasn’t returned. You can bet your horse on there being a huge strategic effort by the State of Hawaii to woo the Japanese tourist back. Personally, I’d rather see more Japanese here on Maui: they spend more $$ and are much more respectful and much less boisterous and entitled than their US mainland counterparts. Just my observation…
And the homeless issue impacting areas.