Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism reports that 791,781 visitors traveled to the Hawaiian Islands in January.
This number represents the state’s continuing recovery since COVID-19, with a 96.8% recovery in arrivals from January 2019 and a 37.9% increase from January 2022.
“The tourism industry had a good start in 2023 with nearly a 97% recovery in arrivals,” DBEDT Director Chris J. Sadayasu said in a release. “With the recovery of tourism, especially international tourism, those businesses that rely on international visitors will experience a better year in 2023, although full recovery may take a few years.”
The DBEDT reported that visitors in January spent $1.89 billion, compared to $1.40 billion in January 2022 and $1.62 billion in January 2019. Also noted in the DBEDT’s figures for January: 775,132 visitors arrived by air service and 16,648 visitors by cruise ships; The average length of stay by visitors was 10.16 days, compared to 10.91 days in January 2022 and 9.94 days in January 2019; 383,351 visitors arrived from the U.S. West, a 17% increase from January 2022 and 20% from January 2029; 32,305 visitors were from Japan, a 1,033% increase from January 2022 and a 73% decrease from January 2019; and Japanese visitors spent $58.1 million, a 401% increase from January 2022 and 66.5% decrease from January 2019.
DBEDT reports that 56,501 Canadians visited the state in January, compared to 23,551 in January 2022, and there were 89,689 visitors from all other international markets, which included Oceania, Other Asia, Europe, Latin America, Guam, Philippines and the Pacific Islands.
