Originally Posted by
Finkface
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.
Well aren’t we special? It’s that kind of repulsive attitude from locals that turns off so many and makes us never want to return to endure any more fake aloha. Hawaii ain’t that special. As someone who lived in Hawaii, built a home and made a fortune when we sold, we were so done with Hawaii that we have never willingly gone back and spent any more time there. There are dozens of far nicer and more enjoyable and hospitable places in the world to visit and spend money.