Change had been brewing in Hawaii travel for years. Covid was the catalyst to fast-forward the inevitable.
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Change had been brewing in Hawaii travel for years. Covid was the catalyst to fast-forward the inevitable.
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Sorry Steven. I am fully vaccinated but also realistic to the fact that it is doing nothing to stop me from getting or spreading the Covid virus. I wish it did but results show it just doesn’t. A test before getting on the plane is the most reliable method.
We live in an area on the “Mainland” that’s been “discovered” for its natural beauty (since people can’t easily travel outside of the US). We are returning to Hawaii for our umpteenth time in May, and have no issue with the reservation systems for areas that can be overrun. Folks in our area are priced out the housing and rental markets because of non residents buying homes as ‘investments’ for vacation rentals.We are more than willing to spend $ to support local businesses, taxes and fees.
Given hi has good geothermal resources and good sources of water the state could be very competitive in the green hydrogen mkt which could produce billions in rev and thousands of good paying jobs. So no I don’t think tourism is the be and end all.
Plus hi faces competition from other pac isl that offer higher levels of services up and down the price pts. So really like an airline the bulk Travel pays the bills and premium makes the profit in terms of max tax rev vs costs.
I love your creativity, TD, but like solar geothermal is VERY expensive to implement and isn’t something you can just “do” for a population the size of Oahu.
I think the people who are vaccinated should be able to board by showing vaccine card instead of the extensive travel form.
I first visited in 1975 every year since 1989 for two months. The sanitation and maintenance crews can’t possibly keep up with the amount of people landing every day in Honolulu. The homelessness the filth And crime has become a deterrent. I will be resuming myvisits next year but not Waikiki. Kalakaua same as Rodeo Drive, not a plus. Today’s Room and board $ has cut my stay in half. I paid for my 2 mos in 2019 for 2020 when the airline stopped flying forced to cancel no condo refund $10K
Burn your money and stay where you are instead of going thru hell at the airports in order to come all the way here to do the same thing.
Yeah, the climete is great. As for aloha- dream on.
Hawaii is the “only” tourist destination where the local bus system does not accommodate or cater to tourists. Meaning no direct line to the airport from Waikiki or other neighborhoods across the island. And even more so no space for your luggage on airport specific bus lines? Most other countries have airport buses to and from the airport and city center were you can haul your luggage onto
The bus and either store it on a rack or keep it next to you. Not Hawaii!
As far as Covid, require tourists and cruises to be fully vaccinated and open up. There is no reason to remain shut down for vaccinated people.
Face it, Steven, vaccination does not do anything to prevent you from getting or spreading Covid. It’s supposed to make it easier on you if you should but I have a few vaccinated friends who suffered a lot when they got it. Please don’t spread the lie. Testing is the best method to prevent spreading of Covid.
I love Maui and Kauai. The Aloha spirit. When we travel there we decompress. We explore the beauty of the island. Loke to support the local economy. The ABC stores remain a favorite.
Traveling there in April.
“1/4 million direct jobs, and far more in related areas. With close to $20 billion in visitor spending”
Just want to run those numbers 20,000,000,000
÷ 250,000 = 80,000.
Someone is making huge profits off labor as the median salary from a tourism job is not 80k a year. If it were, locals would be doing better financially.
Cheap airfare encourages weekend hops and increased invasion of the Islands. It destroyed the charming traditions of Bermuda. Gone are Hamilton traditional department stores and charming Hamilton. Those who knew it not before cannot realize what has been lost!
Keep up the cheap tickets and the Hawaii of old is gone.
Ex-resident reading negative views about
visitors, yet their spending props up a
lousy state economy. There is nothing else
existing that does that! Put blame on the
airlines for super low fares that entice
the non-wanteds to sightsee HI! Grow crops
on former sugar & pineapple ag land before
they are subdivisions. Look within to see
lots of failures from local govt & how $$
are spent.Ridiculous that visitor tax fees
so high yet lousy roads & homeless people
roam around.