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Proposed short-term rental rules on Big Island met with overwhelming opposition

More than 100 people submitted written testimony and dozens more turned out in person or via Zoom on Tuesday during a Hawai’i County Council committee meeting voicing concerns about a three-bill package aimed at ensuring all transient accommodation rentals on the island are operating safely, legally and under the same set of standards.

Business Monday: Zen Garden opens in Pāhoa during pandemic with retreat center, treehouse, rooms

Erhard Rohrmuller opened the Zen Garden in Pāhoa during the COVID-19 pandemic as a place to heal, and now offers an array of alternative and holistic healing services and five rooms on Airbnb.

Mayor Roth’s town hall series begins in West Hawai’i; issues include vacation rentals, homelessness, feral cats, pickleball

West Hawai’i residents attended Hawai’i County Mayor Mitch Roth’s new town hall series, “Sustainable Horizons: Mayor Roth’s Community Impact Check-in,” at the Rodney Yano Memorial Hall in Captain Cook Tuesday.

September Vacation Rental Performance Report

Between 2017 and 2018, vacation rental use in Hawai‘i grew by 22.9%, from 937,980 to 1,152,846, and represented 11.8% of visitor arrivals in 2018.

REPORT: Priced Out of Paradise

The vacation rental industry has grown leaps and bounds with the growth of online home-sharing platforms such as Airbnb, Flipkey and Homeaway.

Net Decrease in Hotel Units on Hawai‘i Island in 2017

HTA released the 2017 Visitor Plant Inventory (VPI), which showed that visitor accommodation units statewide increased to 80,336 units.