As COVID-19 restrictions began to lessen at the beginning of 2022, travel trends were predicted to skyrocket this year. Air travel did spike; however, many outside factors hindered trips, such as flight cancellations/delays, price increases, cost of fuel, and the repercussions of the pandemic. As we know, the pandemic caused…
Hawai’i thrives during peak holiday and travel times throughout the year and depends on tourism to generate its economy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hawai’i slowed tourism with strict regulations to enter the state in order to protect its residents from the virus; however, it negatively impacted Hawai’i’s economy and caused…
With COVID-19 restrictions loosening up all over the world, summer travel is at an all-time high. According to the U.S. Travel Association, an estimated 60% of the nation will be traveling this summer for vacation. It is also expected that Americans will travel the most in the next six months…
For over three decades, the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows served as a centerpiece on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island due to its secluded and peaceful location. Although, after more than three decades of operation, the quality of the hotel began to deplete. After several different owners…
The award-winning Mauna Kea Beach Hotel has been operating since 1965 and quickly became a household favorite as it was the largest, most expensive, and most luxurious hotel built at the time. In October of 2006, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake devastated the Hawaiian islands causing damage to homes, buildings, and…
While tourism has fully opened for the most part, COVID19 is still having an effect on travel not just in Hawaii, but in the entire United States. As the graph shows there has been a significant increase in cases in the last month. The graph is a bit deceiving as…
As governments worldwide begin to loosen COVID-19 restrictions, summer travel is expected to boom this year. The World Travel & Tourism Council foresees travel and tourism in the United States to achieve pre-pandemic levels this year, contributing roughly $2 trillion to the United States economy. From the Allianz Summer Destination…
4000 American travelers were polled on the current conditions of travel and the answers were just as puzzling as everything is these days. What the results show is that people feel that the current negative conditions of the economy do have an impact on travel, but at the same time…
Tourism in Hawaii saw a very good month in February 2022 as compared to February 2019. COVID19 started in February of 2020 and tourism was minimal in 2021 so 2019 offers the best comparison for the month of February. While we saw overall tourism not doing as well in January…
With the Hawaii Safe Travel program coming to an end in a few weeks, many say tourism in Hawaii is returning to how it was in 2019 prior to COVID19. While only the statistics for January of 2022 have been released they offer some really insightful details and may have…
