From Pacific Business News
October arrivals by air will top 400,000 during the day Tuesday. Traffic is on track to produce a 700,000-arrival month.
The estimated arrival count hit 372,030 by Monday morning, the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism reported. Extrapolating that to the full 31-day month produces 720,000 arrivals or better.
The increase in traffic, compared to last year, is smaller in shoulder season. Arrivals were up 8.4 percent in May, 9.8 percent in June, 7.4 percent in July and 7.8 percent in August. But there were up 6.3 percent in September and so far this month they are up only 4.3 percent.
That reflects 5.2 percent more Mainland arrivals, with the extra traffic going almost entirely to two islands.
Honolulu domestic arrivals are up only six tenths of a percent while Big Island arrivals are actually down 2.2 percent so far this month, but Maui arrivals are up 20 percent and Kauai arrivals are up 23.7 percent.
Japanese arrivals this month are down 4 percent. Japanese arrivals for the month should pass 100,000 by Wednesday of this week.
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