Nearly 56,000 people flew here Saturday and Sunday, about 4,000 more than on the comparable weekend last year.
Arrival counts by the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism show increases in both domestic and international traffic, with higher numbers in all four major counties.
Weekend domestic arrivals (year before in parentheses):
* To Honolulu: 25,920 (24,075).
* To Maui: 10,318 (9,325).
* To Big Island: 3,033 (2,665).
* To Kauai: 2,444 (2,411).
* Total: 41,705 (39,185).
Weekend foreign arrivals (year before in parentheses):
* From Japan: 12,175 (11,826).
* From elsewhere: 2,069 (1,559).
* Total: 14,244 (13,385).
Grand total: 55,949 (51,861).
Through Sunday night for domestic arrivals and Monday morning for foreign arrivals, the state has welcomed more than 576,000 arrivals by air so far this month, up 7.8 percent from the same period a year ago. Arrivals for all of July had been up 7.4 percent from year-before levels.
Arrivals from the Mainland for the month to date topped 450,000 on Sunday. At current traffic levels, Honolulu domestic arrivals will have topped 300,000 on Monday, Maui arrivals went over 100,000 late last week, and domestic arrivals will top 30,000 this week on both the Big Island and Kauai.
Japanese arrivals are actually running 1.4 percent below year-ago levels so far this month, though overall foreign arrivals are up 0.9 percent on the strength of nearly 20 percent higher traffic from other nations.
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