Visitor arrivals to Hawaii up 11.8%

There is a tremendous amount of optimism towards the Hawaii tourism industry as visitor arrivals are up nearly 12% year over year.  This is all the second month in a row where all measured components of the tourism industry for Hawaii are up.  For the month of August there were 680,496 people arriving which was up 11.8% from the same month last year.  Total visitor expenditures have increased to $1.1 billion and that is up about 30% since this month in 2007.  The average amount that a visitor spends rose from $153 from a year ago to $172 August 2010.

The optimism is growing, but tourism officials and hotel operators want to see a few more months of solid growth before feeling as if we are completely back on track.  We are entering a seasonally slow period for Hawaii Tourism.

It is always important to keep on Hawaii tourism to help in gauging the overall economic health of the Hawaii economy.