Updated at 4:54 p.m., Thursday, July 26, 2007
Hawaii's June visitor arrivals show slight decline
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i saw fewer visitors arrive in June than in the same month last year, with the number falling 0.8 percent to 664,703, state officials said today.State tourism liaison Marsha Wienert said the number of arrivals remains strong "just shy of the record achieved in the first half of 2006." She was commenting on the latest statistics available from the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
Wienert noted that visitor expenditures sank slightly as well, down 0.5 percent — to $1.08 billion — compared to the same month last year. The average daily spending was stable at $175 per person.
She said there was a a small dip (-0.4%) in total visitor days. But visitors from the U.S. East increased (+1.3%), while arrivals from the rest of the state's main markets were lower compared to last June. They were: U.S. West (-3%), Japan (-3.2%) and Canada (-4.5%).
