Posted at 3:18 p.m., Thursday, April 26, 2007
Visitor arrivals, spending show resilience in March
Advertiser Staff
The number of visitors to Hawai'i rose in March from the same month a year earlier and spending was up, too, a positive trend in a market that has experienced some weakness in recent months.Total arrivals grew 4.2 percent to 659,478 with the number of days visitors spent here edging up 1.1 percent, the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism reported today.
However, arrivals from Japan continued a downward trend, dropping 4 percent over the previous March. The number of visitors from Canada fell 1 percent.
The declines were offset by strong growth in arrivals from the U.S. West — a climb of 14.1 percent over a lackluster March 2006. That month sagged below normal months when both Easter and Spring Break holidays fell into April of last year.
