Hawaii can’t get a handle on what comes next as it navigates an unprecedented transformation. And no one is happy.
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Hawaii can’t get a handle on what comes next as it navigates an unprecedented transformation. And no one is happy.
The hope that the Japanese tourist market will save our economy
is pretty much a pipe dream.
Hawaii is no longer an inexpensive vacation destination. Does anyone
in our state government understand how the value of the Yen has weakened against the Dollar?
On a recent trip to Taiwan I was amazed to see people in Taiwan making pleasure and shopping trips to Japan because things were less expensive there.
Just the reverse of a decade ago when Japanese would flock to Taiwan for golfing and other leisure activities.
The Japanese are not the answer to our tourism woes,
We have been coming yo Hawaii for about 20 years. We enjoy learning about the culture, history, and making friends with the local people. It is about respect, not entitlement! Enjoy the beauty and leave it that way!
Often it’s the person’s attitude that determines welcome/non-welcome. We have many Hawaiian (and Hawaiian-haole) friends when we come visit and we try to be polite and respect the local traditions. In turn, we are also treated well. Yes, we’ve run into bad actors – particularly out in the surf lineup, but that happens here in California also. I was disgusted to see European visitors throw their drinking bottles down into the sewer drain on Kuhio Ave.; and also, one street over, the locals regularly throw out trash and furniture on a back street (Edward) instead of paying for trash pickup. So the problem is not fully with visitors, but more the individuals who just don’t care. Oh, and the homeless tend to trash the streets also.
Hawaii is on the decline people feel ripped off coming to Hawaii…they are now going other places that don’t rip them off…I have been coming for many decades and have no desire to ever go back It’s a sick feeling when you’re being price gouged… And everyone knows Hawaii is way way overpriced…Aloha
Hawaiians have to take responsibility for the damage to their land. Thousands of homeless people littering the island. It doesn’t help that the politicians are more worried about bashing tourists rather than taking responsibility. The amount of abandoned cars I noticed this year in Oahu is a joke. They have nothing to do with tourists. Hawaii will soon be broke.