I recently came across an opinion piece entitled, “Hawaii is not and will never be your vacation ‘paradise’” and I wanted to provide commentary as a local who grew up in Hawaii and is currently living here because some of the statements made in the article are pretty bold. More importantly, that opinion is but one opinion. There are many more.

I hope people outside of Hawaii understand that not all locals have such strong opposition to tourists visiting Hawaii. It seems that one of the most vocal narratives online about Hawaii is that locals don't want tourists to come for a myriad of reasons. So I thought I'd provide another opinion about visitors coming to Hawaii.

We hear the term "sustainable tourism" and I think defining that term with welldefined benchmarks is key. Because until Hawaii figures out other economic industries that can work in Hawaii in the longterm, locals will continue to live in a state fueled by tourism.

"Hawaii is not and will never be your vacation 'paradise'" article https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/art...

Intro 0:00
Part I 1:25
"Indigenous" term and Native Hawaiian 2:09
People Don't Think About Hawaii Too Much 2:40
Part II 4:35
Hawaii and Forced Reliance on Tourism 5:04
Part III 6:50
Hawaii Visitor Numbers and Projections 7:01
Sustainable Tourism 8:19
Part IV 9:02
Native Hawaiian Culture 9:45
Native Hawaiians and Homeless Population 10:34
Part V 11:37
Not All Visitors Act the Same 12:01
Hawaiian History and Visitors 12:43
Part VI 13:54
North Shore Infrastructure and Traffic 14:27
Part VII 15:46
The Water Situation and Tourism 16:06
How Did People Suffer From It? 16:59
Part VIII 17:19
Visitors Do Tend to Do the Same Things 17:43
Locals Have No Place to Go 19:23
Part IX 20:00
The State of Hawaii's Economy 20:25
GuiltFree in Hawaii 21:28
Tourism Industry and Employees 22:20
Part X 23:25
Traveling to Hawaii and Respecting Hawaii 23:56
Closing and Most Important Thing to Remember 25:00

Filmed using the Canon Powershot G1X III.

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