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Tuesday, September 17, 2024 |
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DoT Approves Alaska-Hawaiian merger--with conditions
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 3546 Views :: Tourism
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... protect value of rewards, preserve critical flight service, ensure Honolulu hub access, enhance customer benefits, and lower costs for military families ....
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Friday, September 6, 2024 |
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DBEDT: With Tourism Down, Growth Remains Anemic
By News Release @ 3:55 PM :: 1875 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... DBEDT kept its economic growth projections for 2024 unchanged from the previous quarter, at 1.3 percent ....
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Sunday, September 1, 2024 |
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Hawaii National Parks Attract 4,764,320 Tourists
By News Release @ 3:55 PM :: 3816 Views :: Environment, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Haleakala Park saw a 27% decrease in visitors in 2023 compared to 2022 ....
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Friday, August 30, 2024 |
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Tourist Count Down, Spending Up
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 PM :: 4605 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... The number of visitors is down 1% from July 2023. But spending by tourists, when adjusted by inflation, is up 2.6% from last year at $207 billion ....
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Thursday, August 29, 2024 |
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Meet the Meth Gang Behind ‘Lahaina Strong’
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 AM :: 24767 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, Drugs
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... A Great Leader of the Hawaiian People Who Occasionally Sells Poison to their Children ....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024 |
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Justice Department Will Not Oppose Alaska-Hawaiian Air Merger
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 AM :: 4063 Views :: Tourism
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... The time period for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to complete its regulatory investigation has expired ....
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Saturday, August 17, 2024 |
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UH team presents new vision for Ala Wai Harbor
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 427 Views :: Honolulu County, Higher Education, Tourism
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... UH provided the State of Hawaiʻi’s Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) with concept options for the state’s largest harbor for small boats ....
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Friday, August 9, 2024 |
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Grand Wailea Bird Settlement Gives Enviros Monthly Cashflow
By Court House News @ 11:05 PM :: 3882 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Tourism
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... The Grand Wailea Resort in Maui will make monthly contributions to fund projects ....
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024 |
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Poll: Short-Term Rental Ban Unpopular
By News Release @ 1:34 PM :: 2077 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Just 10% of voters support bans on all short-term rentals ....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024 |
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June 2024: Tourist Arrivals Decline Again
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 1957 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Maui experienced the most significant decline in visitors, falling 21.8% from year to year ....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Airlines Merger Delayed -- DOJ "Unlikely to Approve"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 4709 Views :: Tourism
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“The Department of Justice is unlikely to approve its planned $1.8 billion sale to Alaska Air. The antitrust regulator is preparing to challenge the combination.”
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 |
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Court: State Cannot Enforce Helicopter Tour Regulations
By News Release @ 4:23 PM :: 1757 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... the Hawaii Department of Transportation “has no authority to impose or enforce regulations regarding air space and aircraft operations under the jurisdiction of the Federal Aviation Administration” ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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BLNR Destroys Kayak Business-Denies Hearing
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 1509 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... Jensen and Ohana Kayak Rentals are responsible for a $35,000 fine in addition to the prohibition of permits for 24 months ....
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Sunday, July 7, 2024 |
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Proposed Hawaii County STR rules fraught with potential economic, legal pitfalls
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:34 PM :: 1676 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... the effect this measure might have on existing STR operators, small businesses and the broader Hawaii Island economy ....
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Saturday, July 6, 2024 |
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Dillingham Airfield Saved by 50-Year Lease
By News Release @ 2:03 PM :: 1588 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... The new lease will go into effect July 6, 2024, at which time airfield operations will continue normal operations, including uninterrupted water service to the tenants ....
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024 |
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UHERO: Where can Hawaiʻi diversify its economy?
By UHERO @ 10:26 PM :: 1690 Views :: Agriculture, Economy, Tourism
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... industries with significant growth potential that are currently facing obstacles such as inadequate infrastructure, skills shortages, and market and government failures ....
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Saturday, June 29, 2024 |
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Biki Bikeshare abandoned by owners, operation handed over to City
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 2622 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Tourism, Drugs
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... as of Monday, July 1, 2024, Bikeshare Hawaiʻi has turned over its oversight role of the Biki bikeshare system to DTS ....
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Saturday, June 29, 2024 |
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Scheme to Remake Lahaina as Touristy Water Park Advances in Congress
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 4216 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development, Hawaii History, Land Use, Tourism
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... The remade Lahaina will be a tourist-oriented animation of the pre-plantation era when the economy was based on slaughtering lots of whales ....
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Thursday, June 27, 2024 |
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May 2024: Tourism Declines Again
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 1872 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... tourist count down 4.8%, spending down 4.0% ....
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Thursday, June 27, 2024 |
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Fate of Hawaii’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ hike hangs in balance at appellate court
By Court House News @ 2:55 PM :: 1638 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... Advocates to keep the stairs told the court that demolishing them will threaten the state's official mammal, the Hawaiian hoary bat. ....
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 |
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Maui TVR phase-out wrong means for good goal
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:45 PM :: 2133 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... virtually all local economists realize the main cause of Hawaii’s housing crisis is the state’s extremely high number of land-use and other housing-related regulations that have hindered homebuilding ....
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 |
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Maui Short-Term Rentals, the Minatoya List, and Housing Supply
By UHERO @ 6:37 PM :: 2285 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... we would expect to see significant–possibly double digit–declines in condominium prices on Maui ....
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Monday, June 17, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Most Over-touristed State
By Selected News Articles @ 4:12 PM :: 2416 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Hawaii's population increases by 66.4 percent during high season due to overtourism ....
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Monday, June 17, 2024 |
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Hawaii Beer Taxes 4th-Highest in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 3:45 PM :: 1823 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii taxes beer at $0.93 per gallon ....
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Friday, June 14, 2024 |
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$11.3B Loss: Elimination of TVRs Would Drive Hawaii into Economic Depression
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 3097 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Small Business, Tourism
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... Study shows short-term rentals generated $2.2 billion in economic activity for Maui and $11.3 billion across Hawaii in 2023 ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
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Six Feet Under: UH Doubles Sea Level Rise Projection (again)
By News Release @ 2:28 PM :: 1781 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... UH has been peddling '3.2-foot' sea level rise claims since 2018. That projection was itself a doubling of earlier projections. Now they have suddenly doubled it again to six feet. Did you notice? ....
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Saturday, June 8, 2024 |
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Charter Amendment another obstacle to Maui mayor's TVR phase-out plan
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 1572 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... four of the districts have no representation, which could raise questions about fairness over any recommendations the planning body might make ....
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Friday, June 7, 2024 |
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DBEDT Projects 'Sluggish' Economic Growth in Aftermath of Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 1831 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Between January and April 2024, visitor arrivals by air to Maui County fell 24.0 percent and expenditures decreased 22.6 percent compared to the same four months in 2023 ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Tourism-related property tax hike a threat to Kauai economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:46 PM :: 2461 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... a $3.49 million tax increase on hotels and resorts and a $4.15 million increase on vacation rentals ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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April 2024 Tourist Spending and Arrivals Down Sharply
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 2192 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... There were 753,551 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2024, down 8.9 percent from the same month last year. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.51 billion, which was a 12.6 percent drop from April 2023 ....
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Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
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Hawaii Highest Fast Food Prices in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 PM :: 3010 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii emerges as the state with the highest average price for a medium cheese pizza, reaching $18.99 ....
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Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
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DLNR: No Evidence Cruise Ships too Close to Na Pali Coast
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 1723 Views :: Kauai County, Tourism
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... The cruise line elected to include Nāpali Coast sailings after being unable to make port calls at Lahaina due to last year’s wildfires ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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Targeting scapegoats affects us all
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:21 AM :: 1835 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... One of the most persistent myths in Hawaii politics is that you can target a single group with a tax hike and not affect anyone else ....
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Thursday, May 23, 2024 |
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Green Announces Plan: Fly 3,000 Lahaina Survivors to Mainland
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 5565 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... To make a buck, CNHA will help move Hawaiians out of Hawaii ....
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
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Plan to ban thousands of TVRs on Maui has rocky road ahead
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:16 PM :: 3489 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Tourism
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... The plan will have its first hearing on June 25 before the Maui Planning Commission ....
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Saturday, May 11, 2024 |
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UHERO: 'Population slowing will reduce future growth'
By UHERO @ 2:58 AM :: 2411 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Tourism
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... Hawaii’s economy will grow at a slower pace than in past years ....
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Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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After Nine Months of Toxic Lies, DoH Finally Admits: "We do not expect to find health impacts caused by toxins in the wildfire ash"
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 2481 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development, Tourism
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... “Economic pressures will cause ‘toxic’ hysteria to be hyped up until locals sell out. Then the hysteria will evaporate and be forgotten as Lahaina is rebuilt as Wailea v2 surrounding the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature.” -- HFP, Nov 2023 ....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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Property tax hikes wrong way to rebuild Lahaina
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:53 PM :: 2337 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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... rate would increase by 82% for B&Bs worth $3 million or more ....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 |
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SB2919: Hotel Industry 'worked hand-in-hand with community partners and the government'
By News Release @ 5:44 AM :: 2447 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Labor, Tourism
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“We thank Gov. Green, Hawai‘i legislators, and our partners at the Hawai‘i Hotel Alliance, UNITE HERE Local 5, and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 142 for their leadership in passing this important law."--AHLA Interim President & CEO Kevin Carey
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 |
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Green Signs SB2919: Pretending to Allow Counties to Seize TVRs
By News Release @ 5:14 PM :: 2843 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Tourism
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... The bill clarifies the counties’ authority to control the time, place, manner, and duration of land uses, particularly transient accommodations including short-term rentals ....
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Friday, May 3, 2024 |
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Maui: Enviros File Another Bird Lights Lawsuit
By News Release @ 12:06 AM :: 2224 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Greenmail, Tourism
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... over the last 16 years, one bird died ....
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
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Tourist Spending and Arrivals Down for March
By News Release @ 7:37 PM :: 1980 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... There were 855,537 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in March 2024, down 5.0 percent from a year ago. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.76 billion, which was a drop of 4.2 percent compared to March 2023 ....
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 |
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Kayak Rental Co fined $35K for Blue Law Violations
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 2117 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... We all know Sundays are holy days set aside for the worship of the Goddess Gaia ....
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Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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Bill allowing counties more authority over short-term rentals on Green's desk
By Selected News Articles @ 1:07 PM :: 2102 Views :: Development, Small Business, Tourism
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... A conference committee agreed to pass Senate Bill 2919, which would allow counties to create zoning laws regulating short-term rentals ....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Attorneys Blocking JetBlue/Spirit Merger Now Targeting Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines Deal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:15 PM :: 2112 Views :: Judiciary, Tourism
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... this law firm also filed a similar suit wherein JetBlue was subsequently blocked in its attempt to acquire Spirit Airlines ....
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Friday, April 12, 2024 |
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Health Department: Lahaina Ocean Waters Safe for Recreation
By News Release @ 3:07 PM :: 1731 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... 'Toxic' hysteria has been used to keep property owners away from their lots in the Lahaina burn zone--but the DoH just can't find any toxins ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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Study STR economic impact before banning them
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:34 PM :: 3366 Views :: Hawaii County , Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism
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“...30% respondents reported that if there was not a home and vacation rental option during their recent stay in Hawaii, they would not have made the trip....”
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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DLNR Now Charging $1 to Use Ocean
By News Release @ 4:38 AM :: 2760 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... more than 500 companies with commercial use permits from the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR), began collecting one dollar from each passenger or customer ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Tourism Arrivals and Spending Down
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 2602 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... February 2024 average daily census of 236,008 is a decline from 2023 ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Green Maui Update: Will not seize TVRs
By Video @ 3:12 AM :: 2356 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... Green: No Permits to rebuild Until End of 2024 ....
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