Hawaii’s paradise is showing cracks—broken restrooms, eroded trails, and roads that feel forgotten. For many visitors, the dream of paradise is colliding with a harsh reality: Has Hawaii stopped trying?
What’s changed isn’t just the infrastructure. It’s about trust. The belief that Hawaii cares for what matters now feels shakier, especially to repeat visitors.
Across the islands, more travelers are reporting a shared experience: public spaces in decline, maintenance deferred, and basics left undone. And as this becomes more visible, some visitors ask whether the state’s neglect is more than just a funding gap.
What used to feel like wear and tear now feels different.
Travis S. visited Kauai, the Big Island, and Maui over the past year. He saw that most public restrooms were in bad shape and not very clean. Travis also noticed something more challenging to fix: a growing tension in the air.
Elizabeth, a long-time visitor from Alaska, shared that every single restroom she encountered was so filthy or broken that she began to wonder whether the neglect was intentional.
She described herself as a low-impact traveler who enjoys hiking and public access. She said they visited more parks and beaches this trip than ever and were stunned. At first, they wondered if these issues had always been present and they hadn’t noticed. But by the end, the impression had changed: this time, it felt different—more widespread, more deliberate.
And it’s not just visitors noticing the change—residents also ask hard questions about the same things.
Residents see it, but from another angle.
MJ, a Hawaii resident and outdoorsman, said he doesn’t understand how the state treats this beautiful place with disregard for public upkeep. Another reader described it more bluntly: a deliberate pattern of letting things fall apart.
Many here have long dealt with closed trails, unsafe roads, and park bathrooms that never improve. The difference now is that visitors are noticing—and taking it personally.
The money doesn’t match the experience.
In 2024, Hawaii’s total visitor spending exceeded $20 billion. Tourists pay hotel taxes, resort fees, parking charges, and permits, and they will soon pay a green fee. But many say the condition of Hawaii’s public spaces hasn’t kept pace with what they’re paying for.
One reader asked where all the tourism dollars are going. They raise a larger question: Why isn’t that money showing up where it’s most visible?
Some mention Hawaii still collects taxes for road repair and improvements, but the roads tell a different story.
Public restrooms are the flashpoint.
For many travelers, Hawaii’s public restrooms have become a symbol of the larger problem. Some are clean and functional—sadly, that can even surprise us. Others are falling apart, missing doors, or lacking other essential functions altogether. Even visitors who research in advance find themselves turning away, forced to rely on fast food chains, grocery stores, or even bushes in some cases.
Some travelers say Hawaii’s beach restrooms can be hit or miss. And that’s correct. The ones in Hanalei, for example, are often described as unusable. But just down the road, near an unassuming parking lot, there’s a clean and surprisingly well-maintained facility that seasoned drivers have come to rely on. Knowing where to stop makes all the difference.
In online forums, travelers swap bathroom workarounds like bringing toilet paper, using hotel lobbies when possible, or planning routes around specific brands like Starbucks. What stands out isn’t just the condition—it’s the unpredictability. The message is clear: don’t count on such basics being available when needed.
And that unpredictability is what breaks the trust between residents and visitors.
Some now think it might even be on purpose.
With access restricted, trails closed without explanation, and park facilities left broken, some travelers wonder if this is part of a broader strategy to limit tourism, without saying so outright.
One reader who works in tourism offered a possible clue: when things stay broken, fewer people show up. Whether or not that’s intentional, it changes a place’s feeling.
No one claims the state is sabotaging its infrastructure. But people start drawing conclusions when enough signs point in the same direction. And those perceptions are more challenging to repair than even a bathroom.
The result is a breakdown in trust.
Rob L., a frequent visitor to Kauai, said he sees it every time he returns: beach parks, roads, and public spaces that are visibly worse than the year before. He, like many, wonders where all the fees are going—and why the state doesn’t seem to be using them to fix what’s broken.
Another reader pointed out that new fees are often framed as environmental or tourism offsets, but the results are hard to find in practice. Instead, they see restrooms in disrepair, eroded trails, and rising resentment.
When travelers feel they’re being charged more while receiving less, even for basic amenities like roads and restrooms, it becomes more than frustration—it becomes personal.
Everyone’s paying, but no one sees results.
Others pointed to more specific failures: sewage runoff near harbors, restrooms without toilet paper, and closed access to popular spots without explanation. One reader argued that the goal should be to strike a fair balance—protecting Hawaii’s environment and infrastructure without driving people away for good.
That balance too often feels broken.
The risk is bigger than bad press.
If these issues aren’t addressed soon, Hawaii risks losing visitors and its reputation as a destination that values its natural beauty and the people who come to experience it.
One longtime traveler said Hawaii now feels worse than the mainland—extra fees, crumbling basics, and little clarity about where the money goes. Another flatly said this feels like a message: tourists are no longer wanted.
The more people feel unwelcome, the more they’ll look elsewhere. Is that the whole idea many wonder?
What Hawaii does next will matter.
The state doesn’t need to promise luxury. But it does need to deliver on the basics: clean public bathrooms, maintained and open trails, safe roads, and a plan that matches words with action.
As one reader put it, how does a place so rich in beauty stay so poor in upkeep?
Hawaii’s natural beauty deserves better—and so do its residents and visitors. It’s time for the state to step up, rebuild trust, and ensure that paradise isn’t just a promise, but a reality.
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Yes, most of Hawaii’s quaint aging towns held onto “charming” for a long time, but the years are taking their toll. Very little maintenance being down, and it’s tricky because many of the buildings are so old that once you get started it could be extremely expensive to get rid of the termites, rotting wood and mold, and bring them up to code. Things are even worse on the Big Island where expensive parking fees are driving people away from town, and merchants are struggling to stay alive. I don’t know what’s going to happen but I agree there is a disconnect with Hawaii wanting just high end travelers. Those people will stay in resorts only where all the money goes to corporate headquarters outside of Hawaii. Many locals think they want the tourists gone, but be careful what you wish for. I pray for Hawaii to find it’s way.
“You can’t believe Paradise had so many negatives.”
I’ts stunning that you would say, (no less believe) such a statement.
Addressing the social climate of Maui:
We have serious issues with housing shortage, rising logarithmic costs of living, homelessness and houselessness. Banana republic oriented government, lack of living wage employment, inadequate education, corrupt and non responsive law enforcement.
Perhaps most demeaning is an all too often sense of entitlement by some visitors. Visitors who, contrary to our essential culture, behave as if money makes right. Money says, “Serve me properly.” Money puts “me” first. Through all these challenges and humiliation, we muster our best to smile and engage visitors with our dying breathe of Aloha.
If you come here, please leave any enlightenments back home. Come with respect and smiles. “Be On about it.” We invite you to relax and simply “be”.
The person who posted that comment is spot on. Yes, we buy them a plane ticket to the islands when they cost the local economy a fortune, and families refuse to help. They are given a one-way ticket to paradise as long as they agree. It used to be a bus ticket, but paradise is a definite yes. For Hospitals, it is a business, and when you are getting repeat offenders in the system, then it is the business that eats the cost and carries all the burden. One way ticket to paradise and a 1000 bucks in pocket change. After all these years, I am sure it is more money, but that cost was almost 15 years ago.
Wow the fact that this whole article was written mostly from the point of view of dissatisfied tourists is kind of ironic since the collapse of all agriculture on this island and the heavy dependence on tourism much of that skilled and semi-skilled labor EG County workers State Park workers have left for better paying jobs. Or they have been forced to relocate to the mainland because there’s no housing for anyone who has a decent job and that decent job fairly pays the rent anyway. The fact is that the state of all Hawaii local and County Beach Park bathrooms especially has basically remained the same. But what has changed drastically is the quality of tourists coming here everybody’s on a budget looking for a deal nobody really spends any real money and so believe it or not that tax base is constantly shrinking. And that doesn’t even take into account the fact that private equity is sucking profits out of the state.
I have been coming to Hawaii for 55 years. The state of restrooms Has declined. Finally, I have spent a boatload of Real money on all my frequent trips.
Beth you are an exception! You are the reason people continue to flock here.
But they are not the same”Class” of tourists..
The New class of tourist, seems to look at Hawaii like Disneyland with a Walmart and that’s how they get treated.
Like Entitled children.
Having lived on Maui for 25 years,
I agree, the cleaning and the upkeep of the bathrooms has declined, but the they’ve rebuilt about a dozen new beach bathrooms. Hawaii eats buildings whether it’s salt water ,termites or dry rot or rust, everything decays much faster here.
And for anyone who complains about no toilet paper;
we have a very large number of people who live outside, don’t have a home or a bathroom.
The public restrooms are thier only restrooms.
We as a community must do better for our citizens
Mauis public restrooms have been terrible for the past 5-7 years if not longer. There haven’t been improvements made to them in forever. It’s embarrassing! Since vacationing on Maui has gotten so expensive I think you hit the nail on the head, the expense does not equal the experience. Maui could do a lot better and strive to make everyone’s experience incredible instead of questionable about returning.
The fires they had were never really addressed by the Biden administration. The people must be p’d at the government. It needs a serious rebuild and a lot of them are homeless and living in tents
This letter is poignant and powerful. I could go on about how I agree. Let me just say that we’re in the midst of decision making with Lahaina that could be a part of a solution rather than driving more nails into Maui’s coffin.
If there can be new directions for Maui, then Lahaina is the logical place to start.
IMHO, we would do well to build a trade school there. Create jobs, create opportunities, support the future of our keiki.
The political climate for education in the trades is blossoming right now. This idea must at least be considered for its possibilities.
Maui will likely have it’s Hawaiian Disneyland, but we needn’t settle for just that.
If not now. when the door is open, then likely never.
The time is now,
Lahaina is the place.
Let’s get started on a better, more diversive vision for Maui.
Aloha
Tim – Pukalani
Yes Tim, building individual trade schools for specific trades or one good size campus would be absolutely terrific for the long term economic benefit of Maui for generations.
With the debt young people and or parents are saddling themselves with now for a lot of non hireable degrees, go to trade schools and come out immediately making a living wage👍🤙
Couldn’t agree more with this article. Mahalo!
When we lived there the locals, mostly the young would say they where going to trash the island so that the Haloes ( white people or tourist) would stop coming. Because it’s their island and we destroyed it got rid of their Queen and destroyed thier monarchy. As I said it’s most of the younger generation. I lived there for 11 years and worked with Seniors there all of them understood that their Queen and king wanted Americans or British people there. But not the under 25 and just a few between 25 and 35 that was 10 years ago.
Not internal as in purposely done to deter visitation but latter. Unaccounted management, lackadaisical work effort, and one party politics headline the causes. Hawaii is the most corrupt State, with some of the worst public schools, ranks at the bottom for education, has the highest cost of living, lowest rate of compensation, lowest linear feet of roads but worst road conditions…the list goes on. People try to blame the weather, being an island, or intent but the sad reality is that is that it’s the electorate as they keep voting the same people in time and time again. A contributing factor is voter participation as percentages for some local political offices is less than 25%. A Hawaii DOGE and MHGA movement is needed. The feds also need to continue cracking down on the graft, corruption, and cronyism.
Bingo! You hit it right on the nose. You can’t expect change when you keep doing – and voting – the same way every time.
I think that’s what is called insanity!
Right on!
I lived on Maui 6 yrs. Fire results and negative attitudes prompted us to return to NYS. No one feels very festive. Hawaii has become an illusion. I couldn’t have realized Paradise had so many negatives.
Dennis B
Binghamton. N Y.
Yes i have seen that hawaii needs more attention definitely.we visited maui and it looks ruined down
Sad our experience wasn’t what we expected.the beaches have no place for refreshments or food like on tv..it would be nice to see the tourist money put to work.
Islanders paying out the rear in taxes and not seeing any improvements in infrastructure. I go to Oahu every year and Dillingham is still being worked on after 3-4 years. The citizens need to start asking what Green is doing with all that money. Now he wants non residents to pay more taxes to fix their problems. We pay enough taxes to stay there and shop local to support Mom and pop shops. When will it be enough?? Maybe y’all should start voting different and getting someone competent in there to fix the state and bring it back to the splendor it once was for locals and visitors alike.
Look to the governor, where and what is he? He came out to announce green fees, but what has He done for the infrastructure? That is where people need to start. Make the politicians actually do their job, and back what they say. The whole world, it seems, is backward and needs to correct itself. It has to start somewhere, I would like to see it start there to Save this beautiful land.
They may be afraid of ‘if you build it, they will come’, but it Still has to be done for the integrity of Hawaii, the integrity of the islands, and for the Earth itself.
This is always my issue when visiting, fee after fee, tax after tax. Pay here pay there, and keep in mind I believe in capitalism. But if everything is run down and falling apart all that tells me is the money is just once again going into the politician’s pockets. Instead of up keep. Fallow the money! Our last trip to Maui, at a state park I had to fix the toilet myself, so I could use it. I should have sent the state a bill for being a plumber! Don’t mind paying, if you could actually see improvements happening.
Since Covid the homeless populations have just ballooned, I see it when I return to Maui, parks full, abandoned cars everywhere although the county has finally started to remove them, huge encampments in the woods all over Maui.
I also spend time in California and Arizona and those states are seeing the same expansion of homeless folks. Most are on drugs, you can see them shooting up or smoking drugs along the streets, it’s a national problem.
Unfortunately, several some cold weather states send their homeless to Hawaii on one-way tickets. They have been doing this for years.
Fairly certain that is a myth.
RoryR, if you believe that, then I’m certain you believe in fairy tales. Why would any state spend thousands of dollars on plane tickets to send transients to Hawaii when just a few bucks gets them to California, Oregon, or Washington? It doesn’t make any sense. The reality is that those homeless you see in Waikiki or other urban areas are either from Hawaii or came to Hawaii on their own dime.
I hope visitors can forgive us locals for some resentment over the years. It is sad that we’re all on the same page now with being used and abused financially by the State. This really is the root of everything, and I’m kind of glad we’ve come to this point of being on the same page. Especially after so many years of having this hidden from the outside world. Kind of felt like we were being gaslit, then told we’re the problem! Lol. Maybe your input can help them (the State) to realize what really matters. Investing in people!
“Everything is about people. Everything in this life that’s worth a damn. It couldn’t be just me. It shouldn’t be just you.” – Morgan, TWD
Disappointed to see the decline, And it is quite obvious. And, the locals, as sweet as they are, are fed up, too! Comon Hawaii! Get a clue!
Best concise comment.
One big factor… other states are sending their homeless with drug addictions and mental health issues to Hawaii in droves. So many that it is very taxing on Hawaii’s resources. One way its affected is by the damage that they do to public facilites! Public restrooms, damaging toilets, stall doors, sinks, dispensers, setting fires to bathrooms, using up all the soap and paper towels and toilet paper, using the restroom as gathering place or place to sleep. They keep fixing and replacing things for bathrooms all over the place to the state that they can’t afford to keep rebuilding or replacing it. Maybe if they make it less nice, that’s one less damaged item on the list. Another big factor is overtourism. You have a place heavily trafficked, and yes, it starts looking run down real quick after awhile. Especially when there are people who don’t care to clean up after themselves.
Sending homeless to Hawaii has been going on for years!
Untrue. Can’t blame other states simply because people who lived there decided to come here. Show some evidence that other states are bankrolling relocation to Hawaii or stop making the ludicrous claim.
Where is the evidence states are doing this? Which states? This is unsubstantiated and a myth. There is no conspiracy where states are shipping people to Hawaii, sorry. People just come.
Jennifer D, come on now, that assumption is so laughable that even you don’t believe it. Do you know how much a one-way ticket to Honolulu costs from the mainland? Why would any state spend thousands of dollars on plane tickets to send transients to Hawaii when just a few bucks gets them on a bus to California, Oregon, or Washington? It doesn’t make any sense. The reality is that those homeless you see in Waikiki or other urban areas are either from Hawaii or came to Hawaii on their own dime.
I live here and we are taxes out of our minds. We show up to play PB and the courts look horrible. Massive cracks everywhere. Make shift shade tied to poles. Weeds growing all around. It appears they don’t give a $#&@ about anything. All they they are concerned about is collecting the taxes. Very sad situation.
Ironically, one recent national survey named the Kula Forest Picnic Area in Maui as having the best public restrooms in the entire U.S.A. When it comes to public restrooms, it’s hit or miss indeed.
Hey Beat of Hawaii, I wish this article would call out more of the specific public areas with the biggest issues AND include (tag) the names of the council members and other county officials/employees who are ultimately responsible for facilities’ maintenance. Don’t let them hide in the bureaucracy of county governments. Make them more accountable! That would be better watchdog journalism, Beat of Hawaii!
Hawaii state and local government employees are unionized, retire between the age of 55 to 62, and work for feckless and arrogant elected officials worried more about ”
climate change”, ” reproductive rights” (Abortion) “stopping Trump” than about doing their jobs. Thats not rude, just a fact. You will see the same kind of rot in every locality where “the bureaucracy becomes more important than the cause for which it was created”
The demise of Hawaii should make us all feel blue. If only we didn’t vote the same color, this state would still be the pristine paradise we used to love and cherish!
You are incorrect about your last statement. Voting blue wouldn’t change a thing in this area. There would be more programs/departments eliminated and less money to support what is already not working properly. There are blue voters on the government payroll here with the same attitude as those you complain about. It’s a lack of work ethic and truly caring, not a party issue.
All the white people who have inundated our communities throughout the islands are now calling themselves Hawaiians. A Hawaiian is an indigenous people of Hawaiian descent, not someone who just owns a property or business in the islands. They all claim to have the aloha spirit which by true definition and identity is absolutely impossible because the aloha spirit is an identify that took hundreds of years to develope, instill and purpetuate in generation after generation. Just because someone has felt the aloha spirit from a genuine, indigenous islander doesn’t mean that they are capable of emulating it. Their form of what they call the aloha spirit is no where near the true spirit of aloha. It is just their own form according to the way they were raised from what was instilled in them from child birth of their own culture from generation to generation.
Mr. Logan,
Through your post, it sure doesn’t feel like you want to perpetuate ANY “aloha spirit” at all. How about you stop worrying about others and just leave people be. You can’t do anything about it anyway.
You really sound very upset. Racism and generalized hatred towards people is not good for you or the concept of Aloha you are desperately trying to define. Sorry
We call ourselves Locals – because we are and we love Hawaii just as much as you probably do. But you and people like you call us Haoles and act like we don’t belong – but we do. Very uncool.
Please Stop. It hurts everyone.
Big factor is only industries are tourism and government, including military. Yes there is coffee but it’s small. When a state doesn’t really produce anything, sloth spreads. As supposedly bad as the days of sugar mills and pineapples were, they yielded a responsible, hearty workforce.
“low impact visitor” low impact visitors are those that come to the islands and stays at the resorts provided for visitors to the islands. “Hiking” trampling on our green spaces is taking a tremendous toll on the environment. And this is coming from someone who has been around long enough to have seen the direct results of this destructive impact. Switching from tourism to agricultural pursuits is a good idea. Becoming self sustainable is more important than making a quick buck off of tourism. Besides, why do people want to still visit Hawaii now days anyway when all the Hawaiians have been priced out of Hawaii and had to move to the mainland. And those true Islanders have been replaced with mostly white mainlanders. The Hawaii that people fell in love with was a place full of the indigenous aloha spirit of the indigenous people of our islands. Now coming to Hawaii is like visiting California or Florida because all you see is white people now days.
Mr. Logan,
It certainly appears that you have plenty of contempt for “white mainlanders” or “white people” going to “your islands”. However, I’m sure it is not the same for “white people” having that contempt towards Hawaiians coming to “our” mainland. Bradduh, grow up and let it go. Everyone can get along! Where is that “aloha spirit”?
We go to theHawaian Islands & Big Island 1 or 2 times a year to visits friends & vacation. My main concern is unclean & broken facilities. Then there are the park roads going down to the beaches. So full of pot holes, rental cars can’t make it down. Most tourist want to go to the beach. Most families take their kids to the beach for an affordable day out if they can get past all the holes. Honestly, a regular car can’t make it down a state park road.
Wow, the out-of-touch entitlement of tourists is just amazing (upsetting). The lady quoted as asking if the appearance of things was “intentional” as if we locals sit around thinking of new ways to anger our tourist overlords. Like we have absolutely nothing better to do. Also like we are just a sub-human population put here purely for the enjoyment of tourists and their money. These people need to get over themselves. This is the real Hawaii. We live here, we use those same spaces they do. I see them Every Day and I don’t see any of what they are so disillusioned over. I carry my own tp in my truck but don’t really need it because the bathrooms are clean and always stocked. The roads are fine. All you people want is for Your idea of what You think Hawaii is all wrapped up in a box with a little bow.
What’s next: “The turtles didn’t beach when I wanted them to. Is that on purpose??? I’m an entitled tourist and I demand things!”
Pathetic. Stay home in your flyover state.
You “locals ” continue to berate and condescend the lowly tourists and their dollars that drive your economy crack me up. I live in a ski town. Tourists pay for the amenities I enjoy year round. So awesome you are very being a “local”, we are all impressed.
I agree.
Long time Hawai’i resident here. Visited Colorado recently and stopped into ‘Garden of the gods’ to walk around. Was shocked at how clean the public restrooms were. Literally shocked. After being so used to the nasty (yes you know what I mean ) excuses for our public bathrooms on Oahu it was like I’d arrived in some sort of utopia. It’s actually sad that our municipal governments can’t be troubled to fix such a simple problem. Indicative of much more institutionalized apathy.
Restrooms needing cleaning and repairs are nothing new. As a young kid I remember walking into restrooms with disgusting logs in unflushed toilets. You knew even as a youngster that this was on purpose. However, it is not because of tourists. It is simply that many of our young have not been taught to be clean and respectful. My suggestion is to have supervised restrooms, preferably by a police officer. In 10-15 years maybe we can change the culture. Clean restrooms are really so important for good health and a great experience. We need to invest in it.
Become part of the solution on the Big Island. Demand transparency in the budget. Read and sign this petition if you live on the Big Island.
change.org/p/request-financial-disclosure-from-alameda-s-administration
Mahalo for reading and becoming engaged.
I’ve been to HI twice in last 7 years, Oahu and Big Island in shoulder seasons. Family, VRBO and Airbnb. We have some mobility limitations so no hiking. But we found clean (don’t remember spotless) restrooms, beaches and facilities. Even Haleiwa and Waikiki. We even went to the Dole Plantation, tho it was down in the tooth and Polynesian Cultural Cntr hard to get around. Maybe keeping the environment taken care of is what’s best for the land, but doesn’t immediately bring in tourist money? And maybe mainland squeemishness sometimes gets a little self-righteous on a tropical island?
These people are a bunch of whining, entitled clowns. They want “rustic” or “authentic” or what they think that is, then get upset when someone leaves in the toilet. These people need to get a grip on reality. These are Public bathrooms! Not the resort where they are pampered by locals. Jeez.
The irony of your words considering that many visitors think the same of you. 😏
The harbor at waikiki looks appalling, floating debris everywhere. Is this the impression that we want portrayed to visitors? It looks like no one cares.
Road works that should take maximum 12 months to complete, still goung 3 years later. Why?. Value for money is the question. 18 million apartments and 3rd world roads.
All true, I’ll add the state of the North Shore of Oahu is one of overgrown vegetation (Razor Grass) everywhere…..what’s scary is by August that will be all dried up and potential fuel for another devastating fire. I don’t recall it ever being this bad.
We visited Oahu in Nov of 2025. I saw a man deficating in a public park. The main roads to see further sites were in poor condition. The city felt grimmy. I was surprised at the low hotel standards in older downtown Waikiki. They’ve not upgraded but charge above average fees with no amenities.
Hawaii is not a theme park. It’s a place where real people live who raise their children and have lives that don’t revolve around you. Lower your expectations. It’s just a place like any other. Some good, some bad. All Hawaii.
Yes it’s sad to see all the damages, homeless people..maui needs a major touch up..I love the land and greenery..but the beaches also need more attention..like food huts..beverages..etc..so true I love the families who are born here and live off the lands..I find it beautiful..which is why I like to come here and enjoy..
This is just part of a much larger problem that, unfortunately, will never be solved. For years and years, the “good old boy ” system dictated government hiring resulting in an entire workforce that doesn’t care and is completely unmanageable due to a management that came up through the system and is completely unprepared and untrained to do their jobs. Unfortunately, Hawaii will continue to squander its beauty until, finally, the last tourist will leave and it will go broke. Lived there for 25 years and the absolute worst entity to have to deal with was the government. So sad.
i been saying it for years, the tourism industry is pimping the heck out of the Hawaiian Islands with no intention to stop milking until the last drop, not a care of what is left of what was once so special and beautiful
I have been coming often to Hawaii for about 55 years. I have seen the changes, particularly during Covid. After Covid it was hard for businesses to bounce because no one wanted to work. I have never seen tourists leave trash around even though it is hard to find trash cans on some beaches. The homeless leave a mess. Hawaii would be lost without tourism.
Sorry Oscar,
But I seriously doubt that the majority of the tourists are the ones destroying everything. C’mon! Are there some tourists who are not respecting the land and don’t care? Absolutely!! I’m 100% sure it is exactly the same for the “locals” as well. A few bad apples, bradduh!!
Aloha, I think you replied to the wrong person. I agree. The visitors aren’t littering, the homeless are the biggest offenders I see.