Word: aloha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this year the aloha spirit is suddenly subdued. Tourism is down for the first time since 1949. After growing at an annual average of 15% for the past 15 years, the number of visitors so far in 1980 is off 1.5%. And new figures indicate that the downturn is gathering force. In October, 8.4% fewer tourists visited Hawaii than in the same month last year. The number from the U.S. and Canada slumped 10.8%, while that from Asia was up a small 1.2%. Group travel, which used to constitute about half of all tourism, this year is 19.9% below...
Traffic on Hawaiian Air Lines and Aloha Airlines, which carry sightseers between the islands, is down 10% this year. The two carriers have launched sweepstakes with prizes like new cars to lure local residents into seats vacated by tourists. Inter-Island Resorts, the oldest hotel chain in Hawaii, lost $1.25 million in the third quarter, compared with a profit of $769,000 during the same period last year. On the island of Maui, which had been developing rapidly, business is off 3.4%. The hotel occupancy rate in October was only...
Hawaii's mystique is also being marred by its overrapid growth. Kalakaua Avenue, the once pristine ocean-front promenade of Waikiki, is now littered with streetside stalls selling chintzy Filipino woodcarvings, paper leis, shell necklaces and aloha shirts. Hookers hang out in front of the hotels, and members of the Hare Krishna movement solicit hand outs. According to Don Bremmer, executive vice president of the Waikiki Improvement Association, Hare Krishnas tell visiting Japanese: "You bombed Pearl Harbor...