Originally Posted by
edgewood49
Great post and thank you much appreciated. So here is my question there are all these "bloggers" etc that just full speed ahead to fly somewhere like Hawaii ( I know yours was business I know that story as I have been doing business in the island since the 80's and was there right after 911 some thing) So you get on a plane hoping that everyone one there has lived up to their end of the deal and land in the islands. Ok you have a choice of rooms got it. But then what do you do, restaurants are hit and miss if their open, you have to wonder how long food has sat around, walking around it's what your pictures reflect dirty dusty and mostly void of tourist or anyone for that matter, now tell me how enjoyable is that? My wife has family in the islands that we haven't seen in awhile and still we are not going just yet.
It certainly isn’t devoid of tourists. There are far too many, if you ask me. While it isn’t up to pre-Covid numbers, it is certainly getting close. And restaurants are all open. Maybe not at HHV or other resorts, but everywhere else they are. Everything is open and busy. It was paradise here back in November when it was mostly locals. Now it is all tourists again, and not the good kind either. Almost 100% Americans who got a cheapo deal on WN and eat at cheapo places. They don’t help the local economy much.