Everything Wrong with "Don't Come to Hawaii" Social Media Posts (as a local)

I recently came across an opinion piece entitled, “Hawaii is not and will never be your vacation ‘paradise’” and I wanted to provide commentary as a local who grew up in Hawaii and is currently living here because some of the statements made in the article are pretty bold. More importantly, that opinion is but one opinion. There are many more.

I hope people outside of Hawaii understand that not all locals have such strong opposition to tourists visiting Hawaii. It seems that one of the most vocal narratives online about Hawaii is that locals don't want tourists to come for a myriad of reasons. So I thought I'd provide another opinion about visitors coming to Hawaii.

We hear the term "sustainable tourism" and I think defining that term with well-defined benchmarks is key. Because until Hawaii figures out other economic industries that can work in Hawaii in the long-term, locals will continue to live in a state fueled by tourism.

"Hawaii is not and will never be your vacation 'paradise'" article - https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/art...

Intro - 0:00
Part I - 1:25
"Indigenous" term and Native Hawaiian - 2:09
People Don't Think About Hawaii Too Much - 2:40
Part II - 4:35
Hawaii and Forced Reliance on Tourism - 5:04
Part III - 6:50
Hawaii Visitor Numbers and Projections - 7:01
Sustainable Tourism - 8:19
Part IV - 9:02
Native Hawaiian Culture - 9:45
Native Hawaiians and Homeless Population - 10:34
Part V - 11:37
Not All Visitors Act the Same - 12:01
Hawaiian History and Visitors - 12:43
Part VI - 13:54
North Shore Infrastructure and Traffic - 14:27
Part VII - 15:46
The Water Situation and Tourism - 16:06
How Did People Suffer From It? - 16:59
Part VIII - 17:19
Visitors Do Tend to Do the Same Things - 17:43
Locals Have No Place to Go -19:23
Part IX - 20:00
The State of Hawaii's Economy - 20:25
Guilt-Free in Hawaii - 21:28
Tourism Industry and Employees - 22:20
Part X - 23:25
Traveling to Hawaii and Respecting Hawaii - 23:56
Closing and Most Important Thing to Remember - 25:00

Filmed using the Canon Powershot G1X III.

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