#visitor spending

Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $9.26 billion in the first half of 2018, an increase of 10.8% compared to the first half of last year, according to preliminary statistics released by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA).

Visitors to the Maui County spent a total of $403.1 million in May 2018, an increase of 13.7 percent compared to last year, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.

Here on Maui, visitor spending grew by 6.1% in February to $429.8 million, fueled by an increase in visitor days (+6.3%).

Hawaii Tourism Authority statistics show records will be set for generated state tax revenue, visitor spending and visitor arrivals.

Visitor spending on Maui in April 2017 was up 11.2% to $371.2 million. Visitor arrivals to Maui also rose 7% to 226,511.

We are on track to see more than 9 million visitors this year, and we expect to see our construction industry accelerate our economic growth.

Visitor arrivals on Maui increased (+1.5%) in January 2017 year-over-year, but a shorter length of stay resulted in no growth in visitor days (+0.3%).

Here on Maui, visitor arrivals were up 3.9% in 2016 to more than 2.6 million visitors; and visitor spending increased 8.4% to $4.5 billion.

A new National Park Service report shows that 1,216,772 visitors to Haleakalā National Park in 2015 spent over $76 million in communities near the park.

Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawai‘i in April 2012 climbed 26.8% over the previous year to $1.17 billion, according to the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.

In its second quarter 2012 economic report, the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism is projecting higher growth rates for most economic indicators in Hawai‘i.

Hawaii’s tourism economy continues to growing following another strong month of visitor arrivals and spending in February.

Total expenditures by visitors to Hawaii in January 2012 reached $1.345 billion, the best one-month total on record.

For December 2011, Hawaii total visitor spending reached the unprecedented high of $1.298 billion, according to statistics released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Total expenditures by Maui visitors in the first nine months of 2011 increased by 15.1%, compared to the same period last year, to $2,370.5 million, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Despite drop for August, the Hawaii Tourism Authority has released figures indicating that total arrivals and spending for all of 2011 to date remains up over 2010.

According to preliminary statistics released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority yesterday, total expenditures by visitors to Hawai’i in the first five months of 2011 increased 15.3 percent, compared to the same period last year, to $5 billion.

According to data released today by the Hawaii Tourism Authority, visitor arrivals in Maui County for the year-to-date thru April 2011 were up 10% over last year, and total visitor expenditures for the island of Maui was $247.3 million in April 2011, or a 22.4% increase over April 2010.

The Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) recently released a statistical summary of Canadian visitor characteristics which show that more Canadians visited Maui than Oahu in 2009.

For the month of October, the average visitor spent $185.20 per person, per day, and spent 7.90 days on the island.