02-20-2020, 08:51 AM
CNN has a story which suggests tourists who visit Hawaii may have finally overstayed their welcome. Too many, too much, too demanding. The Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau have prepared a series of short videos for their Kuleana Campaign:
"We have a custom here in Hawaii, of asking permission to enter a place. It really is wise to do so because you're not assuming," Sabra Kauka, a cultural practitioner, says in the video.
Lanakila Mangauil*, an activist, cultural practitioner and founder and director of the Hawaiian Cultural Center of Hamakua on Hawaii Island, thinks the Kuleana Campaign is a good first step. In his opinion, however, it's not being pushed hard enough. "It needs to be drastic."
"Our oceans are empty; our reefs are dead; our birds are dying; we're overrun by invasive species; and over-development in certain places -- and irresponsible development -- have just plagued us. We have been brought to the brink."
"The tourism industry has groomed guests to be rude and tyrannical in their ways. It almost gives them that entitlement," said Mangauil, who has had tourists flaunt the money they're spending, some of whom have even gone so far as to suggest they're paying his bills.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/overt...index.html
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edDDYXFUHGc
"We have a custom here in Hawaii, of asking permission to enter a place. It really is wise to do so because you're not assuming," Sabra Kauka, a cultural practitioner, says in the video.
Lanakila Mangauil*, an activist, cultural practitioner and founder and director of the Hawaiian Cultural Center of Hamakua on Hawaii Island, thinks the Kuleana Campaign is a good first step. In his opinion, however, it's not being pushed hard enough. "It needs to be drastic."
"Our oceans are empty; our reefs are dead; our birds are dying; we're overrun by invasive species; and over-development in certain places -- and irresponsible development -- have just plagued us. We have been brought to the brink."
"The tourism industry has groomed guests to be rude and tyrannical in their ways. It almost gives them that entitlement," said Mangauil, who has had tourists flaunt the money they're spending, some of whom have even gone so far as to suggest they're paying his bills.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/overt...index.html
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edDDYXFUHGc
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