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Hawaii AgriTourism Association meetings set
MEDIA RELEASE Aloha HATA member and potential member, Please join us for our next Hawaii AgriTourism Association Meeting on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 10am. The meeting lasts about 90 minutes. Please...
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Lingle meets with China’s tourism administrator
Gov. Linda Lingle meets with Shao Qiwei, chairman of the China National Tourism Administration. (Photo courtesy of The Governor's Office) MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Linda Lingle’s first two days in China...
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Lingle’s Asia visit to promote Hawaii tourism, business and education
MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Week in Shanghai to Showcase Hawaii Culture and Tourism HONOLULU – Gov. Linda Lingle has announced she will lead an official Hawaii delegation to China June 4-15 to build and...
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Kona to start new ‘E Komo Mai Kona’ campaign to entice Japanese visitors
MEDIA RELEASE Despite a successful marketing campaign that filled Japan Air Lines flights to Kona this spring, JAL executives this week confirmed the airline will suspend its direct Narita-to-Kona...
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Travel abroad declined 3 percent in 2009
MEDIA RELEASE The overall U.S. outbound market totaled 61.5 million in 2009, down 3 percent compared to 2008. Travel to overseas regions declined two percent, while travel to Mexico and Canada...
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Chinese travel to U.S. expands to three additional provinces
MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced the expansion of travel from China to the United States under phase 3 of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed by China and the...
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First quarter international visitors up 2 percent
MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced that for the first three months of 2011, visitation (12.9 million) was up 2 percent compared to the same period in 2010. However, in March...
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Strong tourism growth forecast next five years
MEDIA RELEASE According to data from the Commerce Department, the U.S. can expect 6-8 percent average annual growth in tourism over the next five years, and this year, 64 million foreign travelers are...
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International tourism to U.S. breaking records
MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced international visitors spent an estimated $12.3 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States during April....
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China, Japan projected bookings to U.S.
MEDIA RELEASE According to the U.S. Department of Commerce sponsored China Travel Trade Barometer, a majority of the tour operators surveyed (as of June 16 – July 1, 2011) reported higher bookings in...
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International cultural heritage travelers up 14 percent
MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Department of Commerce has released its first Cultural Heritage Visitor (CHV) Profile. The CHV profile showcases select characteristics of overseas visitors who participated in...
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Abercrombie statement on increased visitor numbers
MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Tourism Authority has announced increased visitor spending by 19.7 percent as compared to the same time last year pumping $1 billion to our local economy. Gov. Neil...
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park = Visitors, money and jobs
MEDIA RELEASE A new National Park Service report shows 1,304,667 visitors in 2010 spent $88,258,000 in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,162...
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Akaka questions Bernanke on improving economy
MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the Fed’s Semiannual...
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Visitor spending up 20% for June record
MEDIA RELEASE Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in June 2012 rose 20.4 percent compared to the previous year (or $207 million) to $1.2 billion1, a new record for the month of June,...
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Schatz bill to increase tourism receives Senate hearing
MEDIA RELEASE The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has heard testimony from the National Park Service on the Pacific Islands Parks Act, introduced by Senator Brian Schatz. This...
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Visitor spending up 7%, arrivals up 5% in June
MEDIA RELEASE Visitors who came to Hawaii in June 2013 spent a total of $1.3 billion, an increase of 7 percent from June 2012, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawaii Tourism...
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Updates from Schatz (June 23-July 1)
MEDIA RELEASE SCHATZ ANNOUNCES FEDERAL FUNDS TO IMPROVE MONITORING OF KILAUEA U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz announced the University of Hawaii will receive a $86,462 grant from the National Science...
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Tourism to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park creates $124,937,400
MEDIA RELEASE A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2013 shows that the 1,583,209 visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park spent $124,937,400 in communities near the park. This spending...
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New 10-year visas to promote China tourism
MEDIA RELEASE President Obama announced the United States and the People’s Republic of China have agreed to increase the validity period of short-term visas for tourists and business travelers from...
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