#destination management action plan

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority’s Meagan De Gaia will speak about the HTA’s Maui Destination Management Action Plan at the upcoming meeting of the Rotary Club of Kīhei-Wailea on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. De Gaia, the HTA’s Destination Manager for Maui and Lānaʻi, will speak about the Maui DMAP and ask for community input.

These plans aim to balance the benefits of tourism with the needs of residents, the preservation of natural and cultural resources, the residents’ quality of life, and providing an exceptional visitor experience on each island.

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, which is working among communities to manage tourism in a sustainable manner, has awarded a contract for island-based visitor education and brand management support services for Hawaiʻi Island, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi.

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau, and Moloka‘i task force have postponed the Molokaʻi Destination Management Action Plan community meeting, originally planned on Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the Mitchell Pau‘ole Community Center. 

Hawai‘i Tourism Authority President and CEO, John De Fries, announced he will not be accepting an extension of his three-year employment contract, which concludes on Sept. 15, 2023.

“The Transformation of Hā‘ena State Park,” is described as a comprehensive playbook that details how this once overcrowded, overtaxed, and over-loved park – literally at the end of the road on Kauaʻi’s north shore, has experienced a complete makeover.  

East Maui’s hotspots include Nā‘ili‘ilihaele Stream (also known as Bamboo Forest), Waikamoi Falls, Kaihalulu (also known as Red Sand Beach), Wai‘oka (also known as Venus Pools), and Honolewa (also known as South Wailua Falls).

The year one progress report for the Moloka‘i Destination Management Action Plan was recently published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.

New messaging and videos aimed at educating visitors about culture, safety, and other aspects of “traveling pono,” are now on display at airports across the state, including Kahului Airport on Maui.

Whatʻs happening with the Maui Nui Destination Management Action Plan? According to the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority’s fall update, 16 of the 18 sub-actions in phase 1 are in progress and one sub-action about safe sun screen education is completed.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, the state’s tourism agency, has issued two requests for proposals for writers – one for the Destination Management Action Plan for Oʻahu and the other for Maui Nui, comprising the islands of Maui, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi.