From the Pacific Business News
Mainland arrivals by air through Wednesday night, plus international arrivals through Thursday, have topped 300,000 for September to date.
The 300,546 estimated count, which includes returning local residents and does not yet include arrivals on flights from Canada, is up 8 percent from the same days in September last year, when the count was 278,391.
The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism figures reflect arrivals by air that are now coming in at a rate of roughly 20,000 per day, compared to 24,000 to 29,000 most days in peak summer season.
Japanese arrivals so far this month was running 1.4 percent below the same time last year. They were up 2.2 percent in June, down 1 percent in July, and down 3.3 percent in August, compared to the same months last year.
Arrivals from other foreign countries have been up significantly this summer, up 36 percent in June, up 50 percent in July, up 27 percent in August and up 73 percent so far this month, but in raw numbers this still refers to only a tenth as much tourism as Japan contributes.
As for Mainland arrivals, the Kauai count crested 10,000 on Wednesday night, the Big Island passed 12,000 on Thursday, and Maui was to pass 60,000 on Friday. Honolulu is on track to pass 200,000 domestic arrivals late Sunday or possibly Monday morning.
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