#Maui Travel

On any given day this past March, Maui saw 59,089 visitors.

Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort on Maui, is offering seasonal experiences this spring in celebration of Easter and Mother’s Day, including curated brunch menus and spa packages.

The Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Kā‘anapali, has earned a TravelAge West 2025 Editor’s Pick Award in the category of Best New Resort or Major Renovation, Hawaiʻi.

The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua has introduced a slate of new activities, adding to its lineup of more than 60 weekly experiences. The offerings range from outdoor recreation and wellness programs to cultural workshops and culinary events.

AAA Hawaiʻi is projecting 14.2 million residents of Hawaiʻi, Alaska, California, Oregon and Washington will head 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, a 2.8% increase over last year’s record number of travelers.

As travelers look ahead to the upcoming fall season, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea has launched a new way to experience the island through a variety of seasonal “Getaway” experiences.

AAA Hawaiʻi reports that a record number of residents in Pacific states are expected to travel for Thanksgiving, projecting 9.9 million travelers.

The State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism released its September 2023 visitor statistics report on Monday, demonstrating the continuing impacts of the Maui wildfires.

Maui County hotels earned RevPAR of $294 (-30.4% vs. 2022, -3.8% vs. 2019), with ADR at $564 (-8.6% vs. 2022, +43.7% vs. 2019) and occupancy of 52.2% (-16.4 percentage points vs. 2022, -25.8 percentage points vs. 2019).

Visitor arrivals to Maui were down in October of 2022, compared to the same time in 2019, but visitor spending continues to trend upward.

“I find that visitors who know the basic Hawaiian values and culture are the ones who enjoy their Maui vacation to the fullest,” Pierce said. “They not only fall in love with the place—they also fall in love with the people.”

“We look forward to our economic recovery and the return of visitors is one more step in our progress towards a new normal,” said County of Maui Managing Director, Sandy Baz.

Total spending by Hawaiʻi visitors fell from $1.70 billion in July 2019 to $1.58 billion in July 2021, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

The Kahului Post Office is hosting its 4th weekend Passport Fair event on Saturday July, 31, for Maui residents and out-of-state visitors who want to apply for new US passports. The Passport Fair, designed to make the process easy, will be held from 7 am to 3 pm at the Kahului Post Office at 138 S. Puʻunene Ave. in Kahului.

AAA Hawaiʻi is projecting a robust return to travel this Memorial Day weekend as a result of increased vaccinations, declining COVID-19 statistics and pent-up demand.

Here on Maui, April numbers are exceeding pre-pandemic levels for the same period in 2018 and 2019. The DBEDT preliminary data shows that so far in April, there’s an average of 6,441 passengers arriving daily to Kahului Airport on domestic (including mainland and interisland) flights, up 7.2 percent (433 more passengers) from two years ago in 2019, and up 14 percent (793 more passengers) from three years ago in 2018.

Maui saw increases in visitor spending (+4.5% to $381.0 million), daily spending (+5.5%) and visitor arrivals (+3.0% to 233,631) in November of 2019.

With the addition of the new aircraft, Island Air will increase the number of daily roundtrips between Honolulu and Kahului from six to seven

Hawaiian Airlines is offering reduced interisland rates starting at $68 one way for travel Mondays through Thursdays plus Saturdays.

Ride horseback through the wooded upland trails of Lāna‘i, or explore heritage sites on a UTV tour and discover untouched Hawai‘i.