Steady Arrivals Reason To Be Pleased

Aloha Kakou:

"After 17 months of declining arrivals, we are pleased to see that visitor arrivals overall have held steady for the past two months and that arrivals from our main market, U.S. West, have shown an increase for four consecutive months," said Mike McCartney, president of the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Of course, these numbers are compared to '08's already low numbers, so perhaps we've reached the bottom.

August's per-person per-day spending on Maui was down 13.7 percent to $156.60 from last year.

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