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Saturday, November 4, 2017 |
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DoH Website Reports Beach Water Quality
By News Release @ 4:05 AM :: 6195 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Upgrades provide easier navigation and more information....
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Saturday, October 28, 2017 |
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Judge Invalidates Aquarium Collectors Permits
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 8345 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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...DLNR continues to believe that existing aquarium fishing practices are sustainable and environmentally sound....
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Thursday, October 26, 2017 |
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HTA: Visitor Spending and Arrivals up Again
By News Release @ 4:40 PM :: 4336 Views :: Tourism
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...Visitor Spending Rose 7.1 Percent to $12.56 Billion in First Three Quarters of 2017--Arrivals Increased 4.9 Percent to 7 Million Visitors....
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Monday, October 23, 2017 |
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Study: Timeshares Add $5.3B to Hawaii Economy
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 7249 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Impact Also Includes 31,727 Jobs and $263 Million in State & Local Taxes....
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Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
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Caldwell signs bills creating Waikīkī Transportation Management Special Improvement District
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 8442 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Tourism
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...bills passed by the Honolulu City Council last week create and authorize the Waikīkī Transportation Management Special Improvement District....
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Friday, September 29, 2017 |
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Hawaii Visitor Spending Grows 6.1 Percent in August 2017
By News Release @ 1:12 PM :: 4867 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Total visitor arrivals rose 4.8 percent to 818,581....
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Sunday, September 3, 2017 |
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Rail: I Dunno About TAT
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7430 Views :: Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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...The TAT, when it was enacted in 1986, was primarily meant to fund the Hawaii Convention Center....
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Thursday, August 31, 2017 |
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Visitor Spending Increases 9.8% in July 2017
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 5502 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Visitor spending statewide increased through the first seven months of 2017 (+8.9% to $9.95 billion)....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Tourism: $8.4B in First Six Months
By News Release @ 1:46 PM :: 3765 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Visitor Arrivals Increased 4.3 Percent to 4.6 Million....
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Saturday, July 15, 2017 |
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Can American Samoa Break Hawaiian Airlines Monopoly?
By Michael Hansen @ 4:29 PM :: 7306 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism
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...American Samoa seeks federal avaition cabotage waiver....
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Sunday, July 2, 2017 |
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Carving Up the Price of Car Rentals
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5653 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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One of the legislative bills that is now being considered by Gov. David Ige is a curious bill, HB 735, involving the car rental industry....
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Friday, June 30, 2017 |
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Hawaii Visitor Spending up 8.7% in May 2017
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 5022 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...In addition, total visitor arrivals rose 4.5 percent to 751,191....
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Saturday, June 10, 2017 |
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Hilo: DLNR Land Lease Ends with Demolition of Hotel
By News Release @ 12:53 AM :: 7445 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use, Tourism
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...prepare for a new phase of de-vitalization of Banyan Drive....
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Friday, June 9, 2017 |
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TVRs: No Taxation Without Legalization!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:48 AM :: 5806 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...state lawmakers are eager to capture $26 million dollars in tax money every year from short-term vacation rentals....
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Thursday, May 25, 2017 |
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Hawaii Visitor Spending Rose 9 Percent in April 2017
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 6543 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Four Largest Visitor Markets Reported Growth in Spending and Arrivals....
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Thursday, May 25, 2017 |
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The case for short-term rentals
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:37 AM :: 7427 Views :: Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...the home sharing economy helps locals deal with Hawaii’s cost of living....
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Friday, May 19, 2017 |
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UHERO County Forecast: Economies Still Growing, But Slowing
By UHERO @ 11:59 PM :: 5808 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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Prospects are good for continued growth in each of Hawaii’s four counties, if at a slower pace than in recent years....
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Thursday, May 11, 2017 |
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The Right to Couch Surf: Home-sharing in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:13 PM :: 4906 Views :: Tourism
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It's easier than ever before to rent space in your house, but a movement to crack down on home-sharing may threaten this new and evolving industry....
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Saturday, April 29, 2017 |
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Visitor Spending Up 12.3% in March 2017
By News Release @ 2:41 PM :: 5056 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Japan Market Led the Growth in Spending and Arrivals....
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Friday, April 28, 2017 |
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Chaos: Rail Tax Bill Suddenly Turns into ‘Illegal’ 2.75% TAT Hike
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 9:55 PM :: 8285 Views :: Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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...Shifting Burden to Hotels Will Hurt Tourism and Employment....
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Friday, April 21, 2017 |
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HTA: Tamp Down all this Rat Lungworm Talk
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 6127 Views :: Health Care, Tourism
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“To the visitors already in the Hawaiian Islands or planning a trip here in the coming months, there is no need to be overly concerned. Please patronize our restaurants...."
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Friday, April 21, 2017 |
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HTA: Without TVRs Hawaii Would Lose 15% of Tourists
By News Release @ 4:15 PM :: 6182 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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HTA commentary about House Bill 1471 and Senate Bill 704, as they relate to transient accommodations....
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017 |
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Schatz Gins up Phony Investigation to Help Hotel Industry Beat Airbnb
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 PM :: 7267 Views :: Politicians, Tourism
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...Schatz asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Airbnb's impact on rising housing costs, at the AHLA's urging....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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DLNR: Waikiki Eco Confab Cost Taxpayers Millions
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 10069 Views :: Environment, Ethics, OHA, Tourism
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...and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ponied up $500K buying Kamanao Crabbe the chance to MC the event....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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Time for change at Hawaii’s airports
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:12 PM :: 129282 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Tourism
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For Randy Perreira, head of the Hawaii Government Employees Association, the problems at Hawaii’s airports are just a matter of not enough kumbaya....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
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Trump Economy: Visitor Spending Increases 11.5% in February 2017
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 5006 Views :: Tourism
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...the average daily census rose 4.9 percent to 240,382 visitors per day....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 |
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Omidyar Wins by Losing: Kauai Court Ruling Forces Farms to File EIS
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 12746 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture, Tourism, Pierre Omidyar
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By voluntarily filing an EIS for his dairy farm on Kauai, Omidyar has now brought about a court ruling for the first time ever mandating EIS for farmers statewide....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Is Hawaii's Hotel Room Tax Law Obsolete?
By UHERO @ 6:59 PM :: 5186 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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With tax collections falling behind expectations, State lawmakers are pressuring the tax department to increase effort to collect uncollected taxes from internet sales....
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Thursday, March 2, 2017 |
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California Company Helps Hawaii Marijuana Dealers Plan Sales to 9M Tourists
By News Release @ 4:28 AM :: 6752 Views :: Tourism, Drugs
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Company Plans to Expand Customer Base Domestically and Internationally in New Cannabis Markets....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017 |
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First Month of Trump Economy: Visitor Spending up 10.1%—Arrivals Jump 4.9%
By News Release @ 1:49 AM :: 4240 Views :: Tourism
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Visitor spending increased from U.S. West (+19.8% to $544 million), U.S. East (+6.7% to $433.1 million) and Japan (+26.5% to $200.4 million)....
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017 |
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Economy: DBEDT Drops 2017 Growth Projection to 1.8%
By News Release @ 9:44 PM :: 6831 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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“The downward adjustment in Hawaii’s economic growth for 2017 was mainly due to the new projection on visitor expenditures for 2017”
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Sunday, February 5, 2017 |
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Vacation Rentals: Tax Hike Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Selected News Articles @ 6:47 PM :: 6970 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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There are 20 bills currently on the table dealing with vacation rentals....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017 |
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How Many Tourists is Too Many?
By UHERO @ 2:15 AM :: 4877 Views :: Tourism
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Tourists used to stay in designated tourism zones like Waikiki, but now they are everywhere....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 |
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New Tourism Record for 2016 -- 8.9 Million Arrivals
By News Release @ 12:51 AM :: 4425 Views :: Tourism
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This marked the fifth straight year of record growth....
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Thursday, January 26, 2017 |
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SB702 Would Punish Short-Term Rentals Like Sexual Assaults
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 AM :: 7414 Views :: Law Enforcement, Tourism, Cost of Living
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Hawaii lawmakers want to make unlicensed short-term rentals a class C felony....
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Monday, January 16, 2017 |
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Full Text: New report concludes Airbnb has ‘no material impact’ on Hawaii housing inventory
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 7137 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, Cost of Living
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Listings booked more than half the year on AirBnB make up only 0.18% of Hawaii housing stock....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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UHERO: Regulating Home-Share Rentals in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 2:08 AM :: 6706 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism
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Last year nearly one in three U.S. travelers stayed in home-based accommodation units compared to one in ten in 2011....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Bedbugs: Honolulu Crawls up to 48th in USA
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 7529 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Tourism
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Nationally, Orkin's bed bug revenue is up more than 10 percent over last year....
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Thursday, December 29, 2016 |
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America’s Crummy Airports: How to Fix Them?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:41 PM :: 4624 Views :: Tourism
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Not a single U.S. airport was ranked in the top 25 airports in the world, and our largest and most important airports scrape the very bottom in terms of customer satisfaction....
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Thursday, December 29, 2016 |
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Visitor Spending Rose for Sixth Straight Month in November
By News Release @ 1:40 PM :: 5180 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $1.2 billion in November 2016, a gain of 5.6 percent versus last November....
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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Pew: National Parks in Hawaii Need $133 Million in Maintenance
By Selected News Articles @ 10:27 AM :: 5683 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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Here are needed repairs at some national parks in Hawaii....
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Thursday, December 1, 2016 |
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Visitor Spending Increases for Fifth Consecutive Month
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 3928 Views :: Tourism
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Visitors to Hawaii spent a total of $1.2 billion in October 2016, a 6.8 percent increase compared to last October....
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Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Does Hawaii Need a "Property Ownership Fairness Act"
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:41 AM :: 6103 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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In Hawaii, this can be seen most starkly with the advent of the "shared" economy....
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Saturday, October 29, 2016 |
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Visitor Spending Increased 10.4% to Record $1.2 Billion for September
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 5225 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...IUCN, Other Conventions Contributed to Strong Showing in September....
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Monday, October 24, 2016 |
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Home-Sharing
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:35 PM :: 6663 Views :: Land Use, Tourism
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Mrs. Sandefur will be speaking on Oahu and Maui on October 24th and 31st respectively....
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Saturday, October 1, 2016 |
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Friday, September 30, 2016 |
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Tourism Hits New Record: 19 Consecutive Months of Growth in Arrivals
By News Release @ 10:05 PM :: 5241 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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A total of 780,723 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in August 2016....
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 |
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Obama to Sign Bill Funneling Tourism Money to Robin Danner Cronies
By News Release @ 6:33 PM :: 7832 Views :: DHHL, OHA, Tourism
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The NATIVE Act is supported by a coalition of Danner stakeholders including the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homeland Assembly....
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Friday, September 2, 2016 |
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Visitors At The Volcano: Is The NPS Nuts?
By Robert Thomas @ 1:57 PM :: 6131 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... the "compensation culture" ....
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016 |
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Visitor Arrivals Set All-Time Monthly Record in July 2016
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 5157 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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A total of 835,417 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in July 2016....
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