Hawaii continues drawing record numbers of visitors, reports the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
In the latest figures, Hawaii had almost 600,000 visitors for October, a new record.
So far this year, Hawaii’s visitation is up almost 7% over last year.
Hawaii tourism officials reported the “best first ten months result of any year on record.”
Cruise visitors also increased more than 50% in the first ten months of this year, with 247,426 passengers arriving here.
The visitors were aboard 42 out-of-state cruise ships. Two US-flagged ships that home port in Hawaii are the Pride of Aloha and the recently added Pride of America.
Repeat visitors to Hawaii made up more than 54% of the out-of-state cruise visitors.
Report by David Wilkening
