Hawaii tourism's metamorphosis

Despite a stronger currency in both markets, more Canadians are flocking to Hawaii while Japanese arrivals continue to fall STORY SUMMARY Visitors from Canada and Japan have benefited from a 16 percent ...

[John W Bienko]

To live in paradise is everyone's dream. You may wish to check out my book Retire Healthy, Wealthy and Wise in Paradise for my personal views.
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for background information.

[Bob MacKenzie]

Canada isn't a real country anyway. 35% of Canadians polled believe that by the year 2025 Canada will cease to exist as a sovereign country and will be absorbed by the U.S.(fact). They are simply moving in ahead of schedule and 'hedging their bets'. As far as the Japanese go...whatever....the Japanese have been making their first stop on their highly organized tours the local Wal-Marts and K-Marts for yearrrrrssssssss...any Kaimaina can tell you that.
life goes on....

[Teo]

Bob, you spell like a native of Brazil, not Hawaii. "Kaimaina"? Try "kamaaina" next time, lower case "k". Also, Wal-Marts are a relatively recent development here. Our habit of treating tourists, especially Japanese ones, like cash cows waiting to be milked goes back decades. As long as we see our education system -- primary, secondary, and higher -- as nothing more than a factory to train tourist industry service workers, our reliance on the tourist herd will never change. We could start by teaching people how to spell, and that it's important!

[CFC]

Re: "Canada is not a real country anyway" lol what is it with people,jealousy,stupidity,
Canada will never ever be annexed, purchased or taken over by the USA, it is beyond stupidity for people to assume or even think that this might happen, let alone putting it in writing, Mr. Mckenzie please stop...making yourself look like an idiot. Canadians do love Hawaii, and I am fairly confident Hawaiians are happy with Canadians.

[Mark]

As our economy continues to strengthen, expect the numbers of people travelling to Hawaii from Alberta to grow even more. Heck, my tax return this year is going towards my first Hawaii vacation this Christmas.