Total air seats for 2003 to Hawaii were 8,876,911 with domestic seats up 7.2 percent.  This trend is in line with the demand seen from the respective source markets.  Domestic seats are now 70 percent of the market.  Maui is benefiting from more direct flights to Kahului Airport from the mainland US.  Japan Airlines is pushing Hawaii again and hopefully this will bring more eastbound travelers.  (Source: CBRE 2004)

Domestic airlines added 490,000 domestic air seats to Hawaii in 2003 up 9 percent for a record of nearly 6 million seats.  (Source: Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau)

Total Visitors to Hawaii 2004 year-to-date 1,053,120 up 2.6 percent over 2003 ytd levels. (Source: State Dept of Business, Economic Development & Tourism)

Arrivals to Maui rose 3.3 percent in 2003 up over 2002 levels.  (Source: State Dept of Business, Economic Development & Tourism)

Honolulu still sees the majority of direct air seats from the mainland at 65.5 percent.  But the other islands are gaining market share, with Maui’s Kahului Airport nearing a quarter of that traffic at 23.3%.  (Source: Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau)

In 2003, visitors to Hawaii on average spent 9.75 days on the islands up 3.7 percent from 2002. (Source: State Dept of Business, Economic Development & Tourism)

Visitor accommodations rose by leaps and bounds from 12,903 accommodation units in 1965 to 70,977 accommodation units in 2003, a 450 percent increase from 38 years before. (Source: State Dept of Business, Economic Development & Tourism)

Business visits increased last year to 465,826 people who came to Hawaii for meetings, conventions and incentive travel, up from 416,236 in 2002 an 11.9 percent increase. (Source: State Dept of Business, Economic Development & Tourism)  

Tourists give Hawaii high marks: More than 96 percent of all visitors to Hawaii in 2002 were especially satisfied with their vacation experience in the state. (Source: State Dept of Business, Economic Development & Tourism)

$234 million is the amount that visitors spent on Maui in January 2004. (Source: State Dept of Business, Economic Development & Tourism)

Hawaii ranked fourth in the United States for international spending in 2001 at $5.88 billion. (Source: State Dept of Business, Economic Development & Tourism) 

Visitors in general spend more on Maui, but not on neighbor islands.  Daily visitor spending on Maui increased to $173.14 in the first nine months of 2003, up 6.3 percent over the same time in 2002.  (State Tourism Liaison) 

Sales are climbing: Revenues at most Hawaii companies are better than in 2003.  The bulk of Hawaiian companies surveyed in March 2004 saw a year to date jump in gross revenues by 56% over same time in 2003 ytd.  (Source: QMark Research & Polling) 

Hawaii business see disposable income rising: 33 percent, a third of Hawaii business polled in the first quarter of 2004, report having more disposable income this year compared with the same period in 2003. (Source: QMark Research & Polling) 

Bank of Hawaii’s latest business survey shows high confidence: 49 percent of the business in Hawaii expect to have high profits in the next 12 months.  37.3 percent expect to have about the same level of profits, while 13.4 percent expect to have fewer profits.  (Bank of Hawaii)