The Hawaii Tourism Authority has announced that visitor spending increased by 1.4 percent to $1.1 billion in September 2014 as compared to the same month a year prior. Visitor arrivals also increased by 4.1 percent to 622,163 visitors. Mike McCartney, the President and CEO for the HTA commented that these numbers show that the Hawaii visitor industry continues to maintain the positive momentum that they had experienced over the past two years. McCartney stated, "While we are just shy of our targets, we are optimistic that 2014 will be another record-breaking year for Hawaii's tourism economy."
Barry Wallace, the executive vice president of hospitality services for Outrigger Enterprises Group, commented, "We beat last year by a pretty good margin. We didn't see double-digit increases, but the gains were pretty significant given that tourism set records last year. I think almost everyone is sold out for Christmas and New Year's, and there are a few conferences and the Honolulu Marathon to give us some nice spikes. With any luck at all, we'll continue that momentum into 2015."
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 10-29-2014, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Principal Broker, REALTOR®
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Principal Broker, REALTOR®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
www.myhawaiicondo.com
www.myhawaiidreamhome.com
