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Waikiki packs a wealth of attractions and activities into three square miles, minimizing the need for transportation. Photo Credit: Joe Solem/HTA
Tovin Lapan
The sticker shock is real. With not enough vehicle stock available to meet the quickly returning tourist demand in Hawaii, car rental rates in the Aloha State have soared.
In 2019, it was common to find car rental prices in the neighborhood of $50 per day, but as visitation has steadily climbed through early 2021, tourists are finding daily rates have jumped to more than $300, and in some cases travel advisors reported receiving quotes for as much as $600 per day.
In Hawaii, reimagining tourism for a post-pandemic world
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By: Tariro Mzezewa
Before Covid, tourism was at this point where everything was about tourists. With the one-year anniversary of travel s collapse, Hawaii, like other overtouristed places, is hoping for a reset. For a visitor who was on the island of Oahu in 2019 when a record 10.4 million people visited Hawaii, returning to Honolulu nearly a year after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic is breathtaking.
At Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, souvenir shops and nearly all food vendors have closed. In neighbourhoods around the state s capital, restaurants and bars, tour operators and travel agencies have shuttered permanently, and many that remain appear to be shells of the popular jaunts they were before the pandemic. Hotels with skeleton staffs. No tourist-filled buses blocking the entrances to attractions. Plenty of room to move on sidewalks without bumping shoulders.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: March 3–9, 2021
Celebrate Girls’ Day, listen to Hawai‘i musicians, check out a new family-friendly racetrack, trace your family history and more.
March 3, 2021
March 3
The third day of the third month means Girls’ Day in Hawai‘i and a good reason to celebrate the girls and women in your life with mochi or other treats. Our colleagues on the Frolic Hawai‘i team did our homework for us on where to find a tasty and lovely array of goodies to mark this day in a sweet, and often very pink, fashion.
Thursdays, March 4 to May 27, 6 p.m.
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