The Hawaii Tourism Authority has just announced that they have increased their predictions for visitor spending to $13.9 billion and the number of visitor arrivals to 7.89 million people for 2012. The HTA’s Director of Tourism Research, Daniel Nahoopii, stated, “We’ve had a very good half of the year. It was very strong in our arrivals and spending versus the targets that we set in September.”
Looking past this year, the Hawaii Tourism Authority has made a goal to increase these numbers to $14.88 billion spent in 2013 with a total of 8.17 million visitors coming to the Hawaiian Islands. In 2014, the HTA is hoping to see spending increase to $15.78 billion and have approximately 8.43 million visitors.
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 7-27-2012, www.staradvertiser.com
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