Hawaii Visitor Data Is In. As We Predicted, Numbers Are Way Up

Just How Popular Is Hawaii? Your Comments + This Research Are Telltale

A new survey says this influences where you go on vacation and just how you see Hawaii.

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41 thoughts on “Just How Popular Is Hawaii? Your Comments + This Research Are Telltale”

  1. Thank you for this report but I do believe it was slightly misrepresented in how it was written. You have a travel site and your headline mentions “Best” state. I live in California which I love, and also love to vacation in Hawaii. I am a staunch Conservative and certainly would not vote for either of them as “Best” state. I read Beat of Hawaii every time it’s in my inbox. What you have written over the past year, and with your State affiliation, has not come close to me appreciating your state in so many ways. Let’s face it, Hawaii, California and Alaska, your winners, probably won because location, not how they function as a state. I do believe that either the angle you presented the study was skewed or the study lacked specificity. Having said that, I can’t wait to return to Hawaii, my favorite vacation destination.

    1. They weren’t HIS winners. They were the winners from the YouGov Survey. Beat of Hawaii has NOTHING to do with this poll other than reporting on it. I’m lost at what your point is.

  2. I love visiting my family on Kauai and friends on Oahu. I used to go there every year for 2 weeks un until my Mom sold her lovely and secluded Kailua Oahu home and moved to The Villages FL. Then I started going to visit her in The Villages FL 2003 – 2021, until she passed away this past Dec. I love Hawaii. It;’s my spiritual home, but the politics of today has taken over the islands. If the state requires a vaccine passport to visit, I will not go there, and I have to bury my mom’s ashes next to her mother’s and grandfather’s graves on Kauai. The ashes may never get there. I refuse to take the shot, as it is not a vaccine but a genetically modified DNA splicing technology using CRISPR tech. I may end up putting her ashes in the Pacific Ocean.

    So, the governmental leadership of Hawaii has to make some serious decisions. Do they follow the fraud of Fauci and the Democrat Party’s scar tactics =, or do they actually follow the facts, data and research and do the right thing and completely, without restrictions, open up the state like Tx, FL and other states have done, and without issues. Lockdown your state to only vaccine passport users and you’ll lose your economy faster than the Coyote loses the cash for the proverbial Roadrunner.

    1. I’m sure the Florida vs Hawaii debate will grow on here but the vaccine debate should be framed with
      the fact that the vaccines are saving thousands and thousands of lives vs some pretty questionable conspiracy plandemic/Mercola etc
      perspectives arguing against all those lives saved.
      As far as politics go, Florida has had 34,120 Covid deaths to date and Hawaii has had 471…..Hawaii’s approach vs Florida’s saved a lot of lives any way you shake it.
      Personally Greg I would put my Mother’s wishes above politics, you can always just take a test before you come.
      Aloha

    2. Aloha Greg.

      Please feel free to make your own decisions about vaccine and travel, but please understand better the actual technology of mRNA. RNA differs significantly from DNA. DNA determines your lifelong characteristics (e.g. eye color)and is the repository of the instructions necessary for the growth, development and reproduction of each individual, inherited from parents to their descendants. It is contained in the nuclei of our individual cells, organized in chromosomes: each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes.

      RNA, in this case a “messenger” RNA participates in the synthesis of proteins and in the transmission of the information contained in the DNA.

      In the case of Pfizer and Moderna, the spike protein wrapped in a lipid barrier signals to the natural defenses in the body to be on the lookout for the spike protein of CV-19 and apparently most variants.

      In NO WAY does this technology actually edit a gene (CRISPR).

    3. Hello. To claim that Texas And Florida have fully reopened ‘without issue’ is a wildly inaccurate statement. Thanks.

    4. Thank you Greg for your comments. I feel the same as you. I lived on Kauai for 8 years and Oahu for 6 years prior to that. I still own property on Kauai and Big Island and I don’t know if I’ll ever get to see Kauai again as long as Ige, Green, and the idiotic Mayors are calling the shots (no pun intended). They have destroyed lives, Hawaii’s economy, and have turned locals against visitors.

  3. Hello. Thank you for this interesting article.
    I agree with the very first comment indicating that the question should have read your favorite State to vacation, and your favorite State to live in as a full time resident.
    I am an open-minded conservative, and live in Florida. It’s a wonderful state. I just returned from Kauai, after a 9 month stay, and will be going back in June. I can love Hawaii, without always agreeing with the politics. Thank you.

  4. Yes! Partisanship for sure. The mask mandates should be lifted! If the mandates are not lifted, Alaska, Arizona, Florida and Texas, to name a few, would be ideal places to visit. My opinion, though! Thanks!

  5. This bodes very well for the future of Hawaii tourism. If people that promote conspiracy theories and are comfortable with Florida’s politics vs ours stay away we will all be better off and Hawaii’s special standing as representative of the Aloha spirit will be enhanced. I don’t mean that to pick on any individual and I have no problem with anybody from anywhere on the political spectrum…….until they feel the need to aggressively flaunt hate and anger and support aggressive white nationalism….those people do not belong in Hawaii…..and no not all Republicans are like that, but the many ones that are will be happier in Florida.

    1. Thanks for your succinct, brilliant observation. I am Malahini since childhood, having lived in rural Hawaii for two decades. I enjoy people (tourist) watching and have also seen the relocating Malahini come and go over those years. Hawaii is truly magical and different than any of the 49 states (Alaska, sorry…) I have visited. She tends to accept those who love her and spit out those who for whatever reasons can’t live aloha. I am thankful every morning to her and the universe for blessing us.

    2. Just paddle out into the line-up as a visitor and you can also witness all the hate, anger, and aggressive Hawaiian nationalism. And no, not all Hawaiians are like that. Unfortunately there is plenty of hate, anger, and aggressiveness on both sides of the political and racial isle.

      1. Guy your surfing analogy is a great one. If you paddle out into most lineups and show respect you will likely have a great time.
        If you paddle out and start trying to aggressively snake waves? Not so much.
        It’s kind of like an extreme version of the tourist vs local debate on here. As it pertains to this article the tourists who have embraced the perspective of a very narcissistic man who prioritizes self interest over the welfare of all will never really understand what Aloha means.
        They would be much happier swatting flies on the beach at Mar Lago.

        1. In my experience , respect got me nothing but these are our waves and stay out of the way. I love Kauai! I’ve gone there at least once a year for the last 19 years. Just saying that aloha doesn’t live in every Hawaiians heart like we are led to believe.

  6. The question should have been, what is the best state to live in and what is the best state to visit.

  7. Thanks for including this survey on today’s Beat of Hawaii. I am one of the panel members of Yougov. (Although was not chosen for this survey) and I can completely concur that the findings are likely statistically correct. We just returned from a 2 week vacation on Oahu and Maui and my observation from the compliance on mask wearing and other COVID related requirements demonstrated that the vast majority followed the rules (my sense that means that they were Democrats). We love Hawaii and would rather vacation there every other year than take a vacation to Florida. Obviously we are Democrats 😀
    We will be back in 2023.

    1. Bev,
      Florida and Hawaii differ in so many ways other than politics. East coast vs West. Big flat state vs Island. Even the type of terrain, heat, and weather! Fortunately I can afford to step away from the politics others prioritize! Owning two homes in California and one in Kauai, we soon will sell one more California home that is smack dab center in the area ruined with ONE party monopoly rule. Already Cashed out a “rent control” California rental for a retirement home in Kauai. The Bay Area Primary residence is next! Leaving most of the CA Taxes, rent control, and the cancel culture. Kauai will be our primary home, but we’ll keep the far Northern California Plumas County home for seeing our family here. People in some parts of CA still support free speech. Being in Kauai October 2020 just before the election showed it too to be less about party lines than the Kauai community. A different politics. Your assumptions are right on target since you were in Oahu and Maui. Honolulu is no less left than SF? Keep going there! About your judgement about(not) wearing a mask. I instead found Kauai mask wearing more about island cultural Aloha courtesy after getting off the plane and out of the airport.
      Aloha

  8. I live in Texas near the Gulf Coast and readily travel to Hawaii for my beach time relaxation. My family loves Hawaii. I always go through minor depression as I am driving back to the airport on my final day on island. I can’t express how excited I am to be heading back to Kauai in August.

  9. I think you answered your own question. You can see from the comments over the last year that the views on how Hawaii was handling COVID were VERY much partisan. None of this surprises me, we have become a country that is divided along political lines. These divisions run deep and affect nearly every view that people hold. However, things have become more pronounced over the last 4 years, that’s for sure. Specifically when it comes to “what’s the better state” this isn’t anything new either. Conservatives always view states that are overall “conservative” as “better”, and they view states that are more “liberal” as “socialist hellholes”. The same tends to be true of liberals as well. They view more liberal states like Hawaii and California as “better” than the “fascist hellholes” of conservative states like Texas and Florida.

    1. @Joerg, I would like to offer a correction. The comments over the last year were often deeply partisan. However, Hawaii’s handling of the pandemic, with the Covid-19 lowest death rate of any state in the union, was based on science.

      1. Hawaii also has the lowest number of people….there is a correlation. I value my freedom, and although I lived there for 16 years and want to return, I won’t be part of an experimental human clinical trial that won’t provide immunity to a virus that has a 97.8% survival rate. I am over 70…but believe in immunity and good health.

        It really has nothing to do with politics…it is health freedom (as in the Nuremburg Code)

        1. Elizabeth, I believe in good health as a great first line of defense against dying from Covid, not a guarantee, of course but certainly an important one. You are also right in that most people do not die from Covid. That said, the decision not to get vaccinated has ramifications for others. Unvaccinated people are far my likely to be in a position to spread Covid then vaccinated people., and make no mistake, it can be devastating if contracted.
          I got vaccinated for two reasons, it’s nice to not feel I likely won’t deal with the form of Russian Roulette that Covid is and in addition I am contributing to the safety of everyone else regardless of what they have decided. This isn’t about me or you, it’s about society as a whole. Some people cannot get vaccinated, some people are victims of conspiracy theories and some people are just frightened of many things. Whatever, we are all in this together and the sooner the Covid threat gets reduced the sooner we can start the recovery from the devastation this virus has caused for so many people.

    2. Joerg,

      Have you walked the streets of SF, Berkeley, and Oakland? How about Los Angeles? Portland, Seattle…..Who politically owns it?
      Clearly the fires, trash, needles, tent cities are visible. It’s not a accusation or a ideology judgement!
      Labeling of Texas and Florida is a liberal tool of “crying WOLF!”, “FIRE!”, or RACIST!
      Hawaii handling Covid was a very different politics than New York, California, Michigan…..

  10. I live on the east coast in NC. I’m a republican. I absolutely love Hawaii. I like Florida, but no way I pick Florida over Hawaii. Hawaii is paradise.

    1. Exactly Phil! What’s to compare?
      BTW – I love NC with friends there but family is on the west coast.

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