Hawaii’s tourist arrivals up despite Japan disaster

Visitor arrivals to Hawaii were up 4.2% in March and unexpectedly great number considering Japanese visitor arrivals from Japan declined 17.9%.  The industry was getting ready for a phenomenal March when the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami occurred on March 11th.   Visitor arrivals from Canada were up over 34% many were escaping wintry weather to come to Waikiki.

Many hotels and travel agencies have increased advertising in Asia since the Japanese disaster and seeing surprising results for bookings.

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