HONOLULU — According to preliminary visitor statistics released by the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Touris, total visitor spending as measured by nominal dollars was $1.71 billion in Aug. 2022, an increase of 13.8 percent compared to the $1.50 billion reported for Aug. 2019.
A total of 829,699 visitors arrived by air service in Aug. 2022, mainly from U.S. West and U.S. East. There were no out-of-state cruise activities during the month. A total of 926,417 visitors (-10.4%) came in Aug. 2019 and all arrived by air service. The average length of stay by visitors in Aug. 2022 was 9.07 days, up from 8.46 days (+7.1%) in Aug. 2019. The statewide average daily census[1] was 242,692 visitors in Aug. 2022 compared to 252,916 visitors (-4%) in Aug. 2019.
In Aug. 2022, 466,849 visitors arrived from the U.S. West, an increase of 11 percent compared to 420,750 visitors in Aug. 2019. U.S. West visitors spent $864.7 million in August 2022, up 49.3 percent from $579.3 million in Aug. 2019. Daily spending by U.S. West visitors in Aug. 2022 ($224 per person) was much higher compared to Aug. 2019 ($167 per person, +34%).
There were 217,214 visitors from the U.S. East in Aug. 2022, an 8.8 percent growth compared to the 199,659 visitors in Aug. 2019. U.S. East visitors spent $507.3 million in Aug. 2022, up 33.8 percent from $379.1 million in Aug. 2019. Daily spending by U.S. East visitors in Aug. 2022 ($243 per person) increased significantly in comparison to August 2019 ($206 per person, +18.2%).
There were 28,384 visitors from Japan in Aug. 2022 compared to 160,728 visitors (-82.3%) in Aug. 2019. Visitors from Japan spent $53 million in Aug. 2022 compared to $236.9 million (-77.6%) in Aug. 2019. Daily spending by Japanese visitors in Aug. 2022 ($227 per person) was flat compared to Aug. 2019 ($228 per person, -0.7%).
In Aug. 2022, 27,472 visitors arrived from Canada compared to 28,672 visitors (-4.2%) in Aug. 2019. Visitors from Canada spent $61.4 million in Aug. 2022, compared to $57.2 million (+7.3%) in Aug. 2019. Daily spending by Canadian visitors in Aug. 2022 ($194 per person) increased compared to Aug. 2019 ($178 per person, +9%).
In Aug. 2022, there were 89,779 visitors from All Other International Markets, which included visitors from Oceania, Other Asia, Europe, Latin America, Guam, Philippines and the Pacific Islands. In comparison, there were 116,608 visitors (-23%) from all other international markets in Aug. 2019.
In Aug. 2022, a total of 5,350 trans-Pacific flights with 1,142,106 seats serviced the Hawaiian Islands, compared to 5,469 flights (-2.2%) with 1,212,926 seats (-5.8%) in Aug. 2019.
Through the first eight months of 2022, total visitor spending was $12.87 billion, up 6.8 percent from $12.06 billion in the first eight months of 2019. A total of 6,180,185 visitors arrived in the first eight months of 2022 which was a decrease compared to the first eight months of 2019 at 7,092,809 visitors (-12.9%).
That would be cumulative 8 months prior. There is no way Hawai’i has 1 million visitors per month. 829,699 x 1.104% = or close to this 926,417 visitors down from 2019. Is this the correct situation. The formula of 10.4% down. Visitors
This doesn’t show anything except our President is terrible and has caused inflation all over the country. Visitors are only spending more because the price of everything has gone up. One trip to the mainland was a rude awakening where people aren’t terrified of covid and are able to buy much more at normal prices. That’s prolly why most Hawaiian are gone from Hawaii. I saw several working in the airport in Utah. Hawaii is no longer Hawaiian unfortunately.
After inflation. Hawaii is still losing as far as money spent is concerned