Weak Yen Helps Curtail Japanese Investment in Hawai‘i Real Estate
But a local expert expects Japanese investors – and tourists – will eventually return because their passion for the Islands remains strong.
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But a local expert expects Japanese investors – and tourists – will eventually return because their passion for the Islands remains strong.
Kikubari means “to share one’s spirit,” and the model can be adapted to Hawai‘i’s hospitality industry, or any company.
51% of a product must be made here to earn that label, but officials may relax the rule to let more local businesses use the branding.
Tourists from Japan are coming back, with lots more expected this fall, and some will be looking to buy a piece of paradise
Cultural practitioners working in the tourism industry see their roles as integral to ensuring Hawaiian culture is perpetuated accurately and that visitors treat the Islands respectfully.
If you want the best for Hawaiʻi and its people, you should become a tourism elitist.
You already know the big picture.These two surveys fill in some of the details about what happened to businesses and people during the first eight months of the pandemic, and what the new normal looks like to them.
Many people inside and outside the tourism sector want a reinvention of Hawai‘i’s No. 1 industry so that it welcomes tourists while enhancing sustainability of nature and culture here.
That means new systems of testing, hygiene, safe practices and cleaning by airlines, airports, hotels, restaurants, stores and government, say tourism industry leaders. First of two parts.