The Tension Over Tourism In Hawai'i
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In a new report, Hawai'i’s Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism estimates that because of the Maui fire damages, the state’s economy will lose about $1.9 billion through 2024. So while state tourism officials initially urged tourists to stay away from Maui, they’ve now started to encourage tourists to come back to other parts of Maui and other Hawaiian islands to boost the local economy. But that tourism comes with a price.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, September 8th, I'm Priyanka Arabandi. |
| 0:09.2 | And I'm Trevo Anderson and this is What A Day, the pod that doesn't care too much about |
| 0:13.7 | this week's comeback for Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. |
| 0:17.2 | Yeah, we, just like everybody else, have moved on to the Savage Fenty show. |
| 0:22.0 | Yes. |
| 0:23.0 | So sorry. |
| 0:24.0 | Yes. |
| 0:25.0 | Victoria. |
| 0:26.0 | Yes, that's the people's fashion show. |
| 0:27.0 | Okay. |
| 0:28.0 | Sorry. |
| 0:30.0 | On today's show, Florida's Supreme Court hears a case that puts abortion access on |
| 0:35.4 | the line in the state, meanwhile Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalized the procedure. |
| 0:40.7 | But first, an update on Maui in the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that destroyed |
| 0:45.7 | Lahaina last month. |
| 0:47.8 | In a new report Hawaii's Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism estimates |
| 0:52.9 | that because of the fire's damages, the state's economy will lose about $1.9 billion through |
| 0:59.2 | 2024. |
| 1:00.8 | Over 800 businesses that employed 7,000 people were lost in Lahaina. |
| 1:05.8 | And in the three weeks after the fire, over 8,000 new unemployment claims were filed in |
| 1:10.6 | the state. |
| 1:11.6 | And according to the Department's director, the fire is not only impacted West Maui |
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