Even the state is worried that controversial plans tend to marginalize tourists. Questions of integrity arise too.
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Even the state is worried that controversial plans tend to marginalize tourists. Questions of integrity arise too.
why not spend the $65 million on improving the visitors experiences & maintaining the sites tourists visit.. * also, include improving the police force as they claim they do not have the funds to protect the humans in hawaii.. * hawaii does not need 2 advertise * let the individual businesses pay for their own advertisements
HTA is receiving the Wake Up Call it should have had starting a few Decades Ago. The CNHA certainly is Not up to running the agency and its Policies are Anti-Tourism at Best. This is a True Marriage of Inconvenience for Hawaii. Now we find that Inadequate, at Best, Oversight by the State has allowed the problems and to propagate all of this time, where will any of this Benefit Hawaii? The Prize, $100,000,000.00, is Taxpayer Money without Rules determining much. Finding that the HTA is Much Better than the CNHA by simply looking at the Latter’s Forray into Restrictive Requirements of Tourism, it is Time to have Close Oversight of Both! This is Craziness and the Real Crazies are the CNHA and State.
Of course they don’t track funds. May be tougher to hire a marketing company that your son or daughter just started and pay them a million to create a logo. Maybe hire other family members as consultants with zero experience.
I cannot understand why Hawaii taxes are paying to promote tourism. Let the hotels, airlines, tours, and event companies pay for it….they make the profit of only which 14% stays on the islands. Both of these organizations do more harm than good.
Seems like a limit on the number of flights and cruise ships would be the easiest way to resolve this issue.