Visitors vacationing in Hawaii in September pumped $1 billion into the state’s economy. The 19.7 percent growth represents an increase of $165.1 million over the same period a year ago.
Contributing to the increase was higher daily spending by all visitors ($199 per person, up from $176 per person in September 2010) and a 4 percent growth in total arrivals to 560,707 visitors.
Arrivals from Canada climbed 23 percent, the fifteenth consecutive month of double-digit growth. After six straight months of losses, Japanese arrivals grew slightly by 0.8 percent. Arrivals from U.S. West (+2%) and U.S. East (+4.4%) also increased following three months of declines.
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