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Saturday, February 7, 2015 |
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Creating "Paradise of the Pacific": How Tourism Began in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 4:59 AM :: 6966 Views :: Hawaii History, Jones Act, Tourism
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...the early years of one of the most successful tourist destinations in the world, Hawaii, from about 1870 to 1940....
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Friday, February 6, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Airlines: 'Deepest Decrease of any US Airline'
By Selected News Articles @ 3:54 PM :: 5398 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...the strengthening US dollar is driving down Hawaiian’s projected unit revenues by 3.5% to 6.5%....
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Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Could Sock Expedia for $626M in Hotel Taxes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 5189 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...In coming weeks, Hawaii’s Supreme Court is expected to hand down a decision....
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 |
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HB1452 Heard Without Notice: Permits Vacation Rentals "In any area of zoning classification"
By Selected News Articles @ 9:10 PM :: 4180 Views :: Tourism
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It seems to be the first waiver granted this session by House Speaker Joe Souki....
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Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
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2014: Record Visitors, Record Expenditures
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 5524 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... 8,282,680 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in 2014, exceeding the 2013 record of 8,174,461 visitors by 1.3 percent ....
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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DLNR Imposes 3% Gross Receipts Fee on Ocean Recreation Vendors
By News Release @ 6:53 PM :: 5673 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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Permit fees are $200 per month or 3% of gross receipts; whichever is greater....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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"'Integral Yoga' Group and Swami Hope to Find Their Inner Balance in Federal Court"
By Robert Thomas @ 9:30 PM :: 6668 Views :: Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...for not permitting it to use their site on Maui's north shore for things like weddings....
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014 |
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HTA: Visitor Arrivals, Expenditures Up for November
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 5466 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Total expenditures by visitors who came to the Hawaiian Islands in November 2014 increased 3.4 percent to $1.1 billion, compared to last November....
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Sunday, December 28, 2014 |
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Anti-GMO Activism Caused by Illegal TVRs?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:54 PM :: 7254 Views :: Tourism, GMOs
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The balancing of million-dollar mortgages on inverse absolutes--paradise and illegality--produces a hyper-sensitive fear-and-hate-inspired psychology....
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014 |
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HTA Study: Vacation Rental Units are 25% of Total Lodging
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 6116 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...these units would account for up to 25 percent of Hawai‘i’s total lodging inventory. In comparison, hotels units make up approximately 50 percent of visitor accommodations....
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Saturday, December 20, 2014 |
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Flying to Hawaii: Comparing the Cost and Frequency Across States
By UHERO @ 12:56 AM :: 6264 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...The latest installment in the UHERO dashboard project is packed with information on the cost of travel to Hawaii from the US mainland....
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Thursday, November 27, 2014 |
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October Visitors Up 3%, Expenditures up 3.3%
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 4264 Views :: Tourism
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Arrivals by air from U.S. West were up 9.1%, US East up 7.7% ....
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Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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New Jersey Has Therapists, Hawaii Has Tour Guides
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:22 PM :: 6890 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...businesses and workers with specialized skills congregate together....
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Saturday, November 1, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Galuteria Talks Up Casinos for Hawaii Tribal Reservation
By Video @ 6:11 AM :: 11352 Views :: Akaka Bill, Development, Gambling, OHA, Tourism
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To Galuteria, gambling on Native American land offers "a lot of great models" that "the Hawaiians can follow" ....
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Waikiki Homeless Outreach Begins Nov 3
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 5858 Views :: Homelessness, Tourism
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...140 individuals are targeted to move into IHS shelters or homes and an additional 120 transient individuals will be returned to their homes outside Hawaii....
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Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
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UHERO State Forecast Update: Hawaii's Economy In Need of An Engine
By UHERO @ 2:00 PM :: 6749 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Weak tourism and federal downsizing are holding down growth. Construction has disappointed this year....
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 |
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Honolulu Airport 3rd Worst in N America
By Selected News Articles @ 9:34 PM :: 5510 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Honolulu’s airport is hardly the welcome to Hawaii that you might expect.....
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
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Chertoff: Gabbard's Visa Proposal Damages Tourism
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:45 PM :: 6144 Views :: Military, Tourism
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...the Gabbard measure would go further, forcing thousands of economy-boosting tourists and business travelers to apply for visas — a notoriously arduous process....
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Thursday, October 2, 2014 |
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With Billions of Tourist Dollars at Stake, DoH Quickly Slaps Down Talk of Ebola
By News Release @ 3:02 PM :: 4620 Views :: Health Care, Tourism
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The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) has determined that the individual in isolation at a Honolulu hospital who was reported to the department as a possible Ebola case yesterday does not meet the criteria for testing....
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
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Total Arrivals Decline 1.3 Percent
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 5279 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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A 1.3 percent decline in total arrivals and a shorter average length of stay led to a 3 percent decrease in visitor days....
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
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HTA: Arrivals, Spending Up
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 5582 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Total expenditures by visitors who came to the Hawaiian Islands in July 2014 rose 2.6 percent from the same month last year to $1.4 billion....
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Sunday, August 17, 2014 |
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Flying High
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5464 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Airline passengers are considered an easy group to tax....
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Friday, August 8, 2014 |
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UHERO: Stall in Tourism Slows Hawaii Economy
By UHERO @ 3:32 PM :: 5375 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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...and no other sector has yet emerged to provide offsetting stimulus....
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
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Hawaii Symphony announces two-year agreement with Musicians
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 5251 Views :: Labor, Tourism
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The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and Musicians Association of Hawaii are pleased to announce a two-year agreement that will run through June 30, 2016....
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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HTA: Tourism Data Faked Since 2013?
By News Release @ 10:50 PM :: 5074 Views :: Tourism
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This matter is currently under review by the State Attorney General’s office, the HTA, as well as the HTA’s contractor....
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Monday, June 16, 2014 |
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Abercrombie Appoints Members to BLNR, HTA
By News Release @ 8:14 PM :: 7441 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Land Use, Tourism
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Both are interim appointments subject to state Senate approval....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Kyo-ya Case
By News Release @ 8:54 PM :: 5894 Views :: Development, Tourism
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...the Hawaii Supreme Court announced it would consider the four-year legal challenge waged by a hui of environmental groups against the City and County of Honolulu....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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HTA: Visitor Spending Down 2.9%
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 4524 Views :: Tourism
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For the first four months of 2014, total visitor expenditures fell 2.9 percent to $4.9 billion and total arrivals dropped 2.6 percent to 2,720,760 visitors....
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
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UHERO: Tourism Weakness Continues
By UHERO @ 4:56 AM :: 5784 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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Last year’s tourism weakness continued in the first quarter of this year, and incremental gains for 2014 will be slight....
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Monday, May 12, 2014 |
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Molokai Ranch Achieving Success with … Ranching
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 9133 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Agriculture, Tourism
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Moloka'i Ranch is launching initiatives to achieve sustainability, starting with the re-establishment of ranching operations....
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
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HTA: Visitor Spending and Arrivals Decline for Month and Quarter
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 4432 Views :: Tourism
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Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in March 2014 fell 3.5 percent compared to last March to $1.2 billion....
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Friday, April 25, 2014 |
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States make wild claims about the effectiveness of their tourism promotion campaigns
By Selected News Articles @ 1:50 AM :: 6198 Views :: Tourism
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Not surprisingly, they almost always report that funds spent on advertising translate into tourist spending and tax revenues many multiples of the original outlay....
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 |
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Pro Bowl to Arizona in 2015, slated to make Hawaii return in '16
By News Release @ 4:20 PM :: 4312 Views :: Tourism
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The Pro Bowl following the 2014 season will be played on Sunday, January 25, 2015, and televised live on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET from University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona, the site of Super Bowl XLIX a week later....
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Sunday, April 6, 2014 |
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Occupy, Union Activists Organizing Homeless Tent Cities in Honolulu?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 AM :: 14714 Views :: Homelessness, Labor, OHA, Small Business, Tourism
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In Honolulu, unofficial tent cities are now set up in strategic locations designed to pressure the tourism industry, the Chinatown community, the Korean community, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Honolulu Council debate over Housing First....
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Thursday, March 20, 2014 |
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Own Ivory? 89% Chance You Won't Be Able to Sell it Legally if Clayton Hee Gets His Way
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 6911 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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Hawaii is the third largest retailer of ivory and ivory products in the nation....
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
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Go! to Quit Hawaii, Hand Customers over to Hawaiian Airlines
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 4333 Views :: Tourism
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The decision to cease operations in Hawaii follows significant growth in the Company’s flight operations on the mainland and was a strategic decision....
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014 |
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National Park Tourism in Hawaii Creates $314 Million in Economic Benefit
By News Release @ 1:18 PM :: 4452 Views :: Tourism
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A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5.1 million visitors to national parks in Hawai`i spent more than $314 million and supported 3,723 jobs in the state in 2012....
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Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
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HTA: Tourism Down 5th Month in a Row
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 4516 Views :: Tourism
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Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawai‘i in January 2014 dropped 4.7 percent (or $68 million)....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
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DBEDT Reduces Projected Growth Rate
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 7429 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...DBEDT economists slightly reduced the projected growth rate due to continued modest tourism growth but identified potential in construction....
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Monday, February 17, 2014 |
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New Travel Agency Taxes Damage Tourism and Are Illegal
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 1:38 PM :: 5225 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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New states considering online travel agency taxes should consider the harmful effect on tourism and the potential for legal battles they're likely to lose....
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Monday, February 17, 2014 |
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Economic Gains from Eliminating Travel Visas
By NCPA @ 1:11 PM :: 3549 Views :: Tourism
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Over 42 million tourists visited the United States in 2012 after completing the required visa process. The process, however, is unnecessarily difficult....
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Thursday, February 13, 2014 |
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Hawaii Boasts Most Expensive U.S. Destination for Presidents' Day Weekend
By News Release @ 12:59 PM :: 4029 Views :: Tourism
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In Kihei, located on Maui's southwest shore, travelers will have to spend $416 per night ....
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Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
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204K in Hawaii on Average Day: Visitors Set Record in 2013
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 5388 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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On average, 204,120 visitors were in the state on any given day of 2013 (average daily census) a 1.4 percent gain compared to 2012....
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Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
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Bed Bug Cities: Honolulu Slips to 45th
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 8983 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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We're losing the bed bug race: Last year we were 33rd....
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Saturday, January 11, 2014 |
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Stung by Reports of Whale Collisions, Pacific Whale offers Feel-Good Seminar
By News Release @ 11:54 AM :: 7995 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Tourism
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Idea: Go to their meeting and shout out embarrassing questions. Demand they enact an immediate moratorium on propeller-driven whale-watching tours. Tell them to stop killing baby whales. Videotape the entire encounter and put it on Youtube.
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Thursday, January 9, 2014 |
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Resort Fees: SB1201 Proposes Massive Hike in TAT
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 AM :: 5566 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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“resort fees by hotels are subject to the Transient Accommodation Tax (TAT)”
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Sunday, January 5, 2014 |
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Tourist Boats Operated by Anti-Superferry Activists Hitting More Baby Whales Than Ever
By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 AM :: 9632 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...the bleeding baby whales are left to suffer an unknown fate in shark-infested waters....
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 |
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Tourism Committees to Look at HTA Audit
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 4027 Views :: Tourism
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- DATE: Wednesday, January 08, 2014
- TIME: 9:30 a.m.
- PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol
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Friday, December 27, 2013 |
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Tourism Arrivals, Spending Drop for 3rd Straight Month
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 4431 Views :: Tourism
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U.S. East visitor expenditures decreased 15 percent to $201 million due to fewer arrivals (-9.2% to 105,834 visitors) and lower daily visitor spending (-6.7% to $187 per person)....
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