Hawaii is expensive period due to horrid management of the state. Headwinds like The Jones Act. Corruption. Etc.
But there is also talk of a movement toward a more high dollar, low impact tourist. It is a conscious effort to price out budget traveling Instagram morons who climb all over places they should not be and post about it to attract more budget Instagram morons. People on Maui and Kauai are over that. Over it.
They want high dollar whales that come, eat, sleep, go on expensive tours to approved spots, do not attempt to reside in Airbnbs in their neighborhoods, and then get on a plane and go home.
Japan's yen is sending them in the opposite direction and...
The tourists cut holes in the barrier.
But there is also talk of a movement toward a more high dollar, low impact tourist. It is a conscious effort to price out budget traveling Instagram morons who climb all over places they should not be and post about it to attract more budget Instagram morons. People on Maui and Kauai are over that. Over it.
They want high dollar whales that come, eat, sleep, go on expensive tours to approved spots, do not attempt to reside in Airbnbs in their neighborhoods, and then get on a plane and go home.
Japan's yen is sending them in the opposite direction and...
The tourists cut holes in the barrier.