'Outstanding' year for Hawaii's tourism industry

30 January 2012, 2:56 pm

JAYMES SONG Associated Press HONOLULU Hawaii is seeing a solid recovery in tourism with increases in both arrivals and spending by tourists. State tourism officials on Monday said Hawaii welcomed 7,284,069 visitors last year, a 3.8 percent increase over 2010. Spending by tourists in December reached a monthly record $1.3 billion, pushing the year's total to $12.58 billion, just off the yearly ...... Read More »

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