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Kailua has beautiful white sand beaches, charming bed-and-breakfasts, and is nice enough to be President Obama's chosen Christmas vacation spot each year. But the Hawaiian town would like you to stay away. The neighborhood board of the Honolulu suburb is requesting that a state tourism agency stop pushing it as a vacation destination, the AP reports.
I saw this on the news last night. We go to Hawaii a couple times a year and sometimes head over to that side of the island, it's a nice break from Waikiki (where we stay). I can totally understand why some of the people (those who don't have a stake in the tourism industry) would want less people over there....
I can totally understand why some of the people (those who don't have a stake in the tourism industry) would want less people over there....
It's understandable, but it's also like driving Ferrarri and then getting mad when people watch you drive by. It's Hawaii. People don't go there because of tourists ads. They go there because its a tropical isle in the south pacific which also happens to be part of the USA. It's not a good place to live if you're especially bothered by tourists. If that's the case, far off the interstate in Western Kansas would be a better choice.
I spent my high school years in Hawaii... 1990-1993. My dad was stationed at Schofield Barracks on Oahu.
I never have went back and probably won't... Been there, done that. I'll give Hawaii credit for the beaches... for everything else outdoors, the PNW wins.
It's understandable, but it's also like driving Ferrarri and then getting mad when people watch you drive by. It's Hawaii. People don't go there because of tourists ads. They go there because its a tropical isle in the south pacific which also happens to be part of the USA. It's not a good place to live if you're especially bothered by tourists. If that's the case, far off the interstate in Western Kansas would be a better choice.
I guess. I think some of their complaints are that the tourists and the businesses that cater to them push the housing up in to an unaffordable range.
The tourist issues isn't that there are tourists. The complaints are that the tourists are invading the residential areas where local residents go to get a break away from them and where there are no tourist things for the tourists to be going to see.
Then, while the tourists are there, they act like drunken party animals and are loud and destructive, which is not correct behavior for a residential area. They trespass on private property. They throw garbage around.
If the tourists would stay in designated tourist areas and stay in licensed hotels and resorts, there wouldn't be an issue. There is no reason for them to be "having a great time where no one back home can see what they are doing" out in private residential areas.
"What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" only applies to Las Vegas. It is not acceptible in a residential neighborhood, even in Hawaii. As a matter of fact, it is not acceptable in a residential neighborhood in Las Vegas, either. It's boorish behavior no matter where it is happening.
The tourist issues isn't that there are tourists. The complaints are that the tourists are invading the residential areas where local residents go to get a break away from them and where there are no tourist things for the tourists to be going to see.
And it's not a issue that is unique to them either. It's pretty much every tourist attraction I've been to in the last few years, there's just more and more people on the planet and some things can't really get any bigger.
New Orleans would be another example - the French Quarter is only so big. Many National Parks now require reservations.
I live in San Diego, so I understand wanting to get away from tourists. I'm a tourist when I'm there (husband is working while we're there) - and I'm ready to get away from the other tourists after a few days.
They are building more tourist things up that way - and , of course, there is the beaches up that way. In the height of tourist season the beaches right across from Waikiki can feel like you're in a bathtub with a bunch of strangers...
My daughter (3yo) is blonde/blueeyed and the Japanese tourist are always touching her and taking her pictures ususally without even bothering to ask permission - it's nice to go to other beaches so she can play in the sand without total strangers taking pictures of her!
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