For the first time the state notes a reluctance to visit Hawaii with travelers uncertain about how well they will be received among other issues.
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For the first time the state notes a reluctance to visit Hawaii with travelers uncertain about how well they will be received among other issues.
Hawaii Tourist authority and Maui Visitors Bureau are still pumping out Lahaina as a destination. it was the number one tourist destination 60 years ago when the Kaanaopali developers restored Lahaina’s ancient ruins to create a reason to stay in Kaannapali.
Lahaina has burnt down , 100 people died, people are still missing in the ocean, there are 18 suicides recorded of fire victims staying in the hotels.
the free official guide book Experience Maui, has false advertising. It recommends 19 things to do in Lahaina, but they burnt down and are barricaded closed.
10 square miles and all of historic Lahaina town are gone!
Taxes upon taxes upon taxes. Maui has been out vacation destination for the past 30 years. Not any more!
It looks more likely that we will have a government shutdown.
In which case, Air Traffic Controllers and TSA employees
would be working for free. Not all of them would show up for work
which would create significant flight delays and the resulting chaos.
Really hoping this doesn’t happen.
A little off subject, but as predicted individuals with temp housing on the westside are receiving their vacate notices to be out by the end of September regardless if you’ve secured new housing or not.
It’s blowing up all over social media that the return of tourist to the westside is causing residents of Lahaina to be thrown out of their temp housing.
Richard is correct.
A total of 800 fire victims had to move out of the Westin Hotel and the Outrigger Honua kai.
18 fire victims have done suicides in the hotels.
Dial 988 for help.
It surprises me that nearly all of the comments regarding this .5% tax pertains only to visitors. The residents are also affected. General Excise Tax is what small business owners have to pay . This extra surcharge on top of the 4% really adds up! It is crazy that the State also plans to add it to our groceries!! We are being taxed out of paradise with the increase in property tax ($200 this year ) and on Kauai a 9.5% increase in electricity! This .5% surcharge was recently implemented on Kauai and will stay for ten years, supposedly for “infrastructure”.
Valerie be thankful you don’t live in California.
Gasoline is $6.50 a gallon today, and electric, water and natural gas bills have all increased over 100 % in the last three years. Housing is also crazy.
This is a global event and doesn’t look like it will end well.
I live in CA and my electric, water and natural gas bills have most definitely Not gone up anytime near 100%. Where is those happening?
Peg M
Glad we can agree the price of gasoline and housing are astronomical.
I forgot to mention food price inflation.
My natural gas bill is actually up 300% in the last 3years.
If your utilities are less you are lucky, but surely we can agree inflation is really awful.
Yep, food and gas have really gone up, I thank my lucky stars that we do not pay nearly as much as they do in the EU. I certainly hope that we see inflation everywhere continue to drop. I feel for those who have been affected by natural gas bills like yours. I’m lucky to have not experienced this problem, hope they get those maintenance issues dealt with soon.
As you say, this is a global event and I sure hope we continue to see improvement.
On my recent visit to Hawaii, I was interested to see that prices are just a little bit higher than where I live. Though we love our visits it’s always been a pricing place to go. But we still do!