#hawaii visitor arrivals

Maui arrivals and visitor spending increase in November 2025

Twenty-seven months after the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires, there were 200,823 visitors to Maui in November 2025 compared to 197,803 visitors (+1.5%) in November 2024.

DBEDT Report: “It Will Take Six Years for Visitor Arrivals to Recover to the 2019 Level”

According to the report, Hawaiʻi could see a return to 2019 visitor arrivals (to 10.4 million) in 2025.  That’s based on a list of facts and assumptions that also takes into account the timing of the resumption of cruise visitors the reopening of visitor industry business, among other economic factors.

Hawai‘i Visitor Arrivals and Spending Down 50% in March 2020

In March, visitor spending dropped 49.7 percent to $221.6 million. Total visitor days decreased (-51.1%), but average daily spending was up (+2.9% to $209 per person) compared to a year ago. Visitor arrivals declined 54.5 percent to 125,943. Maui’s stay-at-home order went into effect on March 20, while the state’s mandatory stay-at-home order took effect nearly a week later on March 26, followed by a statewide mandatory traveler quarantine on March 28.

Hawai‘i’s Economic Growth Positive but Slowing

A new report by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism indicates that Hawai‘i’s projected economic growth will slow.

Maui Visitor Spending Up 8.3%, Arrivals Down 0.9% in February 2017

On Maui, per person daily spending increased (+9.3% to $234), leading to an overall growth in visitor spending (+8.3% to $14.3M per day) in February 2017.