Hawaii Overtourism

Local-Domestic Tourism Lags as Foreign-Haole Visitor Numbers Surge

At this time it wasn't just the cost of essential items people were struggling

with, but the  Prices of practically everything had seemed to be going up and that includes Travel. The Tourism Board had ignored efforts to get Hawaii's Residents to take more trips and instead opted for increased Haole-Foreigner Visitors. This means any person who is inbound from East Societies or West Societies and doesn't live in Hawaii. As a warning the term Haole will be using its Hawaiian definition, non-racial variation, and used for inbound tourism of non-domestic nature, so read ahead at your own digression. 

The numbers of Local-Domestic travel has been sluggish, limited to those who are on business trips, and worker commutes, but way lower for leisure. In contrast to a rapid inbound foreign-haole tourism and it is important to check yearly record-numbers of foreign-visitors by the year in order to track their spending. Usually their spending increases each year as costs increase each year and will each year reach a highest than ever spending amount. But this ignores the actual number of Local-Domestic travelers and how much it has gone down in % comparing year-to-year since the Age-of-Tourism. The government lacked a report citing the increase in local-born leaving by being "Priced Out of Paradise" and a total number of shrinking local-born population, a shrinking local-aging population, and declining multigenerational-born birth rates as reasons for the decline.

The main reason that many decide not to travel is they are deterred by the expense many locals have stated. They also mentioned it's hard to keep up with the rising cost of everyday goods but it's even harder for people to decide to book a hotel stay when they see room rates are surging at this pace with the "Kamaaina Rates" not being enough to justify the expenses. There was a time when the strengthening of the yen was pushing up costs and leading to higher prices as well as the strengthening of the United States Economy would also be pushing them up as well. On top of that demand from foreign tourists is never ceasing and that is pushing up hotel rates. By comparing yearly % increases in inflation this can be seen as well as the % increases in travel-costs to Hawaii and then comparing it to the average and then stating the total cost increase. 

The gap had widened between what Local domestic travelers can afford compared to foreign Haole visitors. The disposable income of the Hawaii Residents and Hawaiians would then be on a decline. At the same time the purchasing power of Haole foreign tourists would remain high because the Hawaii Tourism Authority is strong especially in places like Japan, United States, Canada, and Australia. Local Hawaii travelers can't compete with tourists coming from abroad. There weren't many initiatives underway to get more domestic visitors and efforts waned to have locals stay longer.

The roads are affected by the % of how many people are using their own cars on the road and how much % are from those using rental cars on the road. It is important to know how many who are renting cars are domestic in % as well as those who are travelers % to understand the need to purchase gasoline. 

The government could devise policies to have people travel to different places rather than concentrating on a few popular places. The concern of locals has been that if the financial situation of households doesn't improve the number of local-domestic travel will not increase much. Locals hope the economy will recover so that the purchasing power of the locals will match those of inbound tourists in the near future.

Hawaii's Tourism Boom Pushes Up Land Prices

"The Worlds Gathering Place" its more like the "Worlds Dispersing Place"

The Biggests Increases in Places-to-Live in Hawaii rose the most in the Tourist places. Places where there were destinations would be where prices grew year after year. Some of the worlds wealthy want to Cash-In on Hawaii's Tourism Booms. It starts with Occupancy Numbers and Tourist Numbers.

The Trend of Tourism: Tourist Numbers have increased as the Government Pushes for more tourism. And in turn demand for land and commercial facilities have been Rising-High.

"Big Chance? or Bigger Bills?"

Taxes
Hawaii Consumption Tax (Businesses): A Consumption Tax is used for: General government programs, public services, and general government finances.

It is not a sales tax. In Hawaii, General Excise Tax (GET)  4.712%

Environmental Tax (Humans): A Environmental Tax is used for: Tourism Management, Environmental Protection, Climate Change. In Hawaii, it's called a Green Fee Climate Impact Fee- 0.75% (CIF). It states its used for: (A.) Environmental stewardship, (B.) climate change, (C.) hazard resiliency, and (D.) sustainable tourism. Environmental Tax Abuse (?): Commercial-Hotels can get State Tax Payer Money to fix: (A.) Hotel-Industry Beach-Erosion to charging those paying the Tax.

Example. Japan does not currently charge an environmental tax.

Lodging Tax (Stays): A Lodging Tax is used for: Tourism Promotion, Addressing Overtourism, Infrastructure Development.

In Hawaii, Transient Accommodation Tax (TAT) 10.25% (2025) +  County Lodging Tax 3% = [13.25%]. 

Example. In Japan (2025): ¥9k/per night= ¥0, ¥10k-14k/per night= ¥100/per person, ¥15k+/per night= ¥200/per person

Departure-Tax (Flights): A Departure Tax is used for: Tourism Development, Airport Facilities, Infrastructure Projects. 

Example. International Tourist Tax (Departure Tax) Japan has a "Sayonara Tax" which is applied to travelers leaving the country.  (1,000 yen)

GET (General) + TAT (Lodging) + CIF (Environmental)
Gross Hawaii-Tax = 18.65%

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