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Hawai‘i hires on ‘Rescue: HI-Surf’ made $31M in wages; workforce training provided to local interns
A pulse-pounding new drama set on Oahu’s North Shore is contributing to the state’s economy in a big way. “Rescue: HI-Surf,” a co-production of John Wells Productions, Warner Bros. Television and FOX Entertainment, hired over 2,100 local cast and crew to be part of the first season. Collectively, the hires earned more than $31.75 million in wages.
Visitor arrivals throughout Hawaiian Islands are down, state officials report
Decreased arrivals have been an ongoing trend since the first of the year.
Hawaiʻi Vacation Rental Performance Report for September 2023
The island of Hawai‘i vacation rental supply was 209,100 available unit nights (+26.1% vs. 2022, -4.6% vs. 2019) in September. Unit demand was 93,100 unit nights (+12.0% vs. 2022, -27.2% vs. 2019), resulting in 44.5% occupancy (-5.6 percentage points vs. 2022, -13.8 percentage points vs. 2019) with ADR at $214 (-4.9% vs. 2022, +46.6% vs. 2019). Hawai‘i Island hotels reported ADR at $373 and occupancy of 66.4%.
Hawaiʻi-Japan Sister State & Sister City Summit held in Honolulu
Gov. Josh Green and the mayors of the City and County of Honolulu, Kauaʻi, Maui and Hawaiʻi, and the governors, mayors and designated representatives of the six prefectures, 16 cities and towns in Japan, which share respective sister and friendship relationships, participated in the Sister Summit.
3 Hawai‘i Island businesses receive state grant to help grow operations
A state agency has awarded nearly $1 million to 26 local companies in an effort to help with expenses in fostering economic and employment growth throughout the islands.
State of Hawaiʻi developing plan to bridge digital inequity
The State of Hawaiʻi’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism is developing the state’s first digital equity plan.
Gov. Green nominates Tokioka for Hawaiʻi’s economic chief; Senate rejected first choice
After the Senate rejected his first choice, Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green nominated James Kunane Tokioka of Kauaʻi to serve as the Director of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
How do you feel about the number of Big Island tourists? Take our 30-second Poll #4
For Big Island Now’s weekly poll, we ask one simple questions about tourism: Is the number of visitors not enough, just right or too many?
Visitors satisfaction compensated for inflation in latest Hawaiʻi tourism survey
Hawai‘i’s largest major market area, the U.S. West, saw 80.6 percent of visitors indicating an interest in returning, followed by 77.8 percent of those from Korea, 67.1 percent from Canada, 64.7 percent from the U.S. East and 61.6 percent from Oceania.
Report: Visitors Simply Spending More in 2022
Tourism numbers – especially dollars spent – continue to trend upward.
‘Not Good News’: Hawai‘i Inflation Will be the Highest in Decades, and Everything Will be Affected
Your $100 won’t be worth as much this year as it was last year. In fact, according to the Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, that $100 will be about $6 less.
Hawai‘i Web Series Lands Licensing Deal
A filmmaker involved in Creative Lab Hawai‘i landed a web licensing deal for her show, Paradise Justice. The program is still accepting applications for 2017.
