Educating Hawaii's Tourists

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

The Hawaii Tourism Authority held some listening sessions, reevaluated their focus and realized what Hawaii needs a visitor who will be educated on a responsible tourist's environmental impact and their affect on residents.  HTA "got this new vision" and will request money for it's implementation from the state budget. 

Unanswered questions:
* Who will do the educating?
* What are the subjects?
* Will there be a quiz?


“And from that, we got this new vision and where we’re going.

Instead of marketing Hawaii’s beauty, they’re aiming to attract and educate responsible visitors while also looking at resident sentiment, visitor satisfaction, money spent and expenditures.

HTA launched its Malama Hawaii videos and said the educational videos are placed to reach visitors. They are also using social media and technology to get safety messages out too.

“We know we’ve had issues with monk seals and turtles and all of that, and so all of these video messages and the placements that we’re doing are in an effort to educate visitors. We know we’re not going to have 100% compliance, but that’s why we need to work with our partners and state agencies and county agencies to work on enforcement,” Ka’ana’ana explained.

https://www.khon2.com/local-news/hawaii-...the-state/

[leilanidude]

Easy. Have the airlines put a 10-15 minute video on, before landing.

[Carey]

Since moving here & working on my Masters at UH-H & beyond, have seen many of these grand tourist education plans come & go... not sure I have seen the benefits in tourist (or local) behavior!
2007 PSA shown on Airlines & hotels around the state (read the comments.. it was shown... but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYjKYyVRvJU
2018, DLNR got involved:
https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dar/files/2018/0...debook.pdf
most recently HA had vowed to educate itsʻ passengers on Hawai`is 2021 ban on non-ʻreef-safeʻ sunscreens... yet, still find brave pandemic travelers slathering on the olʻ school kine... so...
https://www.hawaiianairlines.com/hawaii-...eservation

[kalakoa]

Have the airlines put a 10-15 minute video

"Can't someone else do it?"

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Have the airlines put a 10-15 minute video

Part 1 - How many people watch the safety instruction video before takeoff?  Which potentially could affect their own life should a plane experience a problem?  Don’t excuse them because they’ve seen it before.  The exit doors are in different locations on each plane model.  Landing on water involves much more than finding an exit door.

Part 2 - Based on Part 1, how many people on a plane would watch a video on island etiquette and courtesy which they most likely would presume affects them minimally if at all?

[Rob Tucker]

Well, more would watch it if they showed it than if they did not.

Might surprise you.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

more would watch it if they showed it

That’s true.  I watch the safety video every time.  So there’s someone watching on the flights I take.  

[Puna Grace]

* What are the subjects?


Let's all offer suggestions - here are a few to start for Puna.


++ What to wear to Kehena Beach

++ Dirty Lickins and how to avoid them

++ 31st Avenue shortcut

++  Old hippies never die (they just move to Puna)

[kalianna]

Yeah, letʻs reinforce stereotypes and offer some cliches. And how is 31st ave a shortcut? It lets you out at Kaloli, which is where the backup on the highway usually gets heavy. Do you actually live in HPP, Puna Grace?

Remembering back to when I was a visitor, I was happy to see anything on the plane about Hawaii, especially nearing the end of a six hour flight.

[Chas]

What can it hurt? It's a captive audience. I think it's a good idea. Certainly better than nothing.