Hawaii’s tourism culture is under pressure. Is this the new normal in Hawaii?
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Could you please tell me if ogg will have incoming Delta flights from Seattle on May 25th?
Hi Jean.
As of today we show DL1397 operating the route on that day.
Aloha.
Why can’t it be verified on the outbound flight where a person is staying or has arranged accommodations.. that way it would save Hawaii the hassle.
We can put a man on the moon, this isn’t that hard to do.
Having said this I had the intrusion of ‘ big brother’ dictating my every move.
Hawaii basically hates visitors but loves their money. Just the facts and pretty much the truth.. they sell their land to hallies for a nice profit, then complain when their children can’t afford to live there and hence have to move off island.. blame lies on them.
Who would be doing the verification and under what authority would they be doing it in another State? Also who would be paying the cost of doing it at every airport on the mainland. Do you check from where they initially depart or when they are connecting through another city? Too many issues. We still live in a free Country.
Some years ago, on Waikiki Beach, a beach maintenance worker told me that mainland homeless have been transplanted to rid cities, for the coming Presidential Conventions, that yr.
When Salt Lake City UT was preparing to host the Olympics they gave hundreds of their homeless bus tickets to places further south in Arizona etc.
I live west of Vail CO and the police there used to put homeless on a bus to Grand Junction because ” there are more services available there”. Grand Junction couldn’t keep up with the additional influx and city officials put a stop to it. Thx
It’s great that you’re taking this seriously & protecting your citizens.
I visited in 2004 & noticed there were not of homeless people in a park. You don’t need more.
Please we need stop the spread! Kauai ..Right-on!
Wish they would stop all visitors on all islands from visiting too!!!
Aloha
Don’t come here of your homeless…our islands aren’t your homeless shelters…you just come and squat and trash our beaches and parks, steal! No effort is made to better your selves when here ! Stay on the mainland
I’m glad Hawaii is doing something about the homeless. My last trip I was astonished at how many there are on Maui. I will not go back to that Island for this reason and I hear Waikiki is worse.
Ditto. Honolulu reminded me of a Banana Republic last summer there were so many homeless and people living out of their cars and in derelict boats in rundown marinas in addition to the poor state of housing in many neighborhoods. It felt borderline unsafe to leave the tourist areas and was an anger-inducing reminder of the massive inequality and crumbling general condition of the U.S.
We have been noticing people that haven’t lived or seen here before on the island of Molokai. When asked where do they live their response is at different beaches. STOP sending the homeless people here but help from hence they come from.
I agree. If I were a Hawaiian it would bother me as well to have people within my islands trashing the beaches and such. We visited there in March and it was beautiful but we saw many homeless people as well. Kind of ruins the whole thing. I can’t say I blame them.
Good on Hawaii, this is one the most beautiful spots in the world and as a recently I was a visitor to both Honolulu and then Maui. In both cities I was disgusted with the many street people present that were clearly not Hawaiian nor had any desire to cease living on the streets of paradise. It reminded me of the picture we regularly see of the horrible situation that has been permitted to flourish in a lot of the west coast cities of North America particularly San Francisco. Poor, miss guided, uneducated leadership and resulting non enforcement of existing laws created a utopia for people that feel slighted by the system. With the impending financial crash coming the time of refusing to try to contribute to society and instead expecting endless free support is now over. It is clearly time for you to go home now where you came from, the party is over, you are no longer welcome and you should off never come anyway.
The encouraging and catering to people to come to this West Coast utopia for the homeless has done nothing to help these people and cruelly has just made even more suffering for these unfortunate people. Most homeless are not locals but people that traveled here for many different reasons seeking a better life but in reality leaving their homes towns has only made life more difficult for them. Encouraging people to leave their original homes towns deprives them of basic connection for support, no friends, no relatives no networks, no health care, no home, no way to communicate all contribute to an endless world of despair and hardship for these people. Rather than enabling these people with more tent cities, porta-potties and free drugs why not do something that will really help these unfortunate people and provide the resources to assist them in getting back home where they can get the support they desperately need.
As long as you get your handout
Well said! Being “nice” to the homeless and giving them a few dollars is rewarding they’re behavior. If you’re hungry, you should work and offer something to society and get paid for that. No one should get paid for simply breathing.
Amen!
Last time I checked this was a “United States of America”. United.. a Citizen is a Citizen .
So, what does that entitle them too? Contribute or leave. Takers or maker? I’ll want a society that rewards makers vs takers.
Yup and these homeless hippies are encroaching on our life style…so what’s up US help your homless, don’t just send them here! We’ll throw them back on the ocean for you
Maui no ka oi
I’m so glad to see Hawaii finally doing something about the homeless coming from the mainland. It’s about time. I’m from Hawaii all mylife and recently moved here to America cuz it got to expensive to live at home. The mainland needs to stop sending their problems to the island and deal with it themselves!!! Stop it. They take advantage of their situation in Hawaii and don’t do anything to better their lives and become productive. They use And take assistance that belong to the people of Hawaii. Now with this plague happening please stop this madness. I want to be able to come home one day.
SISTER. You took the words right out of my mouth. Mahalo.
I live in Del Mar ca and of all places I Want To go Hawaii is last on my lest. What is all the fuss about.
Good. Stay home, we don’t need you here…our lives will go on with out you coming, trust me! Again good, don’t come please
If you haven’t been then it’s best you don’t come.
II’ve always wanted to visit Hawaii. It is on my bucket list. But some of you sound so negative. Sounds like don’t like visitors. Please tell me why. Should I. Not come
Hi Droberts.
It is just a tough time. Hawaii and its visitors are permanently intertwined and always will be.
Once we get through this you should definitely plan to come. We can’t imagine that you won’t have a great experience. Most of our website’s visitors are long-term fans of Hawaii and millions of them can’t all be wrong in their perception. We’d suggest you not let a few people dissuade you.
Aloha.
We are living in a new gilded age where the 1% is robbing from the poor and middle class in order to consolidate power over us. States don’t have the financial resources to be able to adequately respond to all the social crisis in their populations and including homelessness. That is why they buy one way tickets to Warmer states like California and Hawaii. But Hawaii is unique because it lacks the economic diversity necessary to support the majority of residents. They depend on and therefore are essentially held hostage to the tourism industry and the military industrial complex. They’ve also relied on the rich and others seduced by her natural beauty who want to live there as well. The result,land and home prices out of reach to average Hawaiians. Most tourists are now put off by all the homeless in paradise and can’t envision coming back which further exacerbates the problem.The state needs to put permanent measures in place because they are becoming a parking lot in paradise for the homeless further reducing tourism.