“Hawaii Island visitors are spending more on accommodations and exploring less”
Resort fees, expensive gas, morons and their phones + social apps. Do I need to say anything else before the automod lets me post this? Or do I need to ramble on more?
P.S. those who would poopoo this PITA comment-length requirement have probably never moderated a huge community before. Requiring us to do this BS keeps out a lot of of the riffraff. It is absolutely annoying but probably worth it.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
therealzue on
Some of this is going to be a generational shift. Younger people don’t like driving as much as previous generations. My son had to be forced to get his licence. He’s got a car, my husband and I have to drive it so the battery doesn’t die. What’s crazy is he isn’t unusual. Other parents I know also have had similar pushback to getting their kids behind the wheel. I work with teens, half of them don’t care if they get their license or not.
It’s going to impact consumer behaviour and staying at a resort would be a pretty predictable outcome. I see it constantly in travel forums, people that really don’t want to rent cars when on vacation. Bus tours would actually be a really good opportunity for this market.
AltForObvious1177 on
Was in Maui in December and it felt like a lot of places off resort were openly hostile to tourists. You can have “locals first” attitude or a tourist economy, but you can’t have both.
dakness69 on
Hmmm I don’t doubt they’ve been hit hard by a downturn in international tourists, but you would be surprised how many locals consider ‘tourists not leaving their resorts’ a good thing (obviously not the business minded types).
Also, of course Volcano tourism is down compared to last year. There is always an uptick at the start of an eruption. Now we’re almost a year and a half in and it’s clear Kilauea will keep popping on/off every couple weeks. If you get lucky it fountains when you’re visiting.
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“Hawaii Island visitors are spending more on accommodations and exploring less”
Resort fees, expensive gas, morons and their phones + social apps. Do I need to say anything else before the automod lets me post this? Or do I need to ramble on more?
P.S. those who would poopoo this PITA comment-length requirement have probably never moderated a huge community before. Requiring us to do this BS keeps out a lot of of the riffraff. It is absolutely annoying but probably worth it.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Some of this is going to be a generational shift. Younger people don’t like driving as much as previous generations. My son had to be forced to get his licence. He’s got a car, my husband and I have to drive it so the battery doesn’t die. What’s crazy is he isn’t unusual. Other parents I know also have had similar pushback to getting their kids behind the wheel. I work with teens, half of them don’t care if they get their license or not.
It’s going to impact consumer behaviour and staying at a resort would be a pretty predictable outcome. I see it constantly in travel forums, people that really don’t want to rent cars when on vacation. Bus tours would actually be a really good opportunity for this market.
Was in Maui in December and it felt like a lot of places off resort were openly hostile to tourists. You can have “locals first” attitude or a tourist economy, but you can’t have both.
Hmmm I don’t doubt they’ve been hit hard by a downturn in international tourists, but you would be surprised how many locals consider ‘tourists not leaving their resorts’ a good thing (obviously not the business minded types).
Also, of course Volcano tourism is down compared to last year. There is always an uptick at the start of an eruption. Now we’re almost a year and a half in and it’s clear Kilauea will keep popping on/off every couple weeks. If you get lucky it fountains when you’re visiting.