#visitor expenditures

Maui visitor arrivals were up in December to the highest levels in the nearly five months since the August Lahaina wildfire disaster, according to preliminary statistics from the Hawaiʻi Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

Japan Airlines launches daily service between Kona International Airport at Keahole and Tokyo’s Narita International Airport on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017.

Total expenditures by visitos who came to Maui in June 2012 rose 22.5% compared to the previous year (or $295 million) to $305 million.

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.

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.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) today reported that Hawaii will see additional flights from Asia beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011.

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.

Hawai’i’s summer travel season began early according to state Tourism Liaison Marsha Weinert.  The figues include strong numbers from international visitors including those from Japan, Canada, and the emerging markets of China and Korea.  Weinert said the anticipated increases in visitor arrivals and expenditures this summer will benefit almost every sector of Hawaii’s economy, assisting […]

Tourism in Hawaii is stabilizing according to Tourism Liaison Marsha Wienert who responded to statistics released for March 2010.  The monthly statistics Wienert said represented the largest increase in visitor spending in four years, benefiting nearly every sector of the economy. “March, boosted by spring break, brought increased visitor arrivals and slightly higher per person […]

The state issued an updated economic report that predicts gradual recovery for Hawaii.  The state Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, says it expects the national recession and the sharp decreases in visitor expenditures to continue to affect Hawaii’s economy.  In its latest quarterly report released on Tuesday, the DBEDT forecasts a 3.3 percent […]