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The jarring contrast between those holidaying and those hurting is hard to bear for many in Hawaii.
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Yeah the last thing Hawaii needs right now is less tourists. They feed the industry.
I mean Hawaii managed to survive COVID, I think they would be ok if tourists waited a couple weeks. Last I heard resorts were without power and running out of food due to the wildfires.
That article is over a year old; is it really still relevant?
Also, it’s not like tourists can force there to be hotels for them to stay at.
Hawaii’s economy is heavily based on tourism. If they really want the tourists to stay away I’ve got a monkey’s paw around here somewhere that can probably fulfill that request for them.
That’s a bit of an incomplete quote. It’s referring to the other islands in the state.
“The rest of the state is open,” Tokioka said. Tokioka said rooms are available on Kauai and the Big Island, and that people “can find other accommodations.”
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I get that what they have been through is awful, but what are people supposed to do? Twiddle their thumbs while waiting for a flight home?
I also guarantee there are kama’aina and even kanaka enjoying the water as well.
Yeah it’s a pretty weird standard. Look how many migrants die in the Mediterranean every week and people have no issue swimming there.
Certainly if you have a trip to Maui booked in the next few months you should consider cancelling, but if you were there when this happened then I don’t really see the issue
This is just how some people respond to grief. There is a comfort in anger, in having a target for the pain grief inflicts on us. The tourists are there, and choosing to see their behavior as disrespectful is a way to focus on something besides the desolation. It’s not the best coping mechanism but I understand it.
If my house burns down, it has a tremendous effect on me and my circle. If someone else’s house burns down, it may not. We both need support in our individual cases, but life goes on. This is what therapy is for in my opinion, to not let others unaffiliated have a negative impact upon us. These folks experienced something traumatic, but I don’t know how much impact that needs to have on the greater island economy. I have never been there and do not know the culture.
