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The system is designed to relieve crowding at the popular hiking trail but it may take some time to work out the kinks.

Changes at one of the state's most popular hiking trails started today and caught lots of people off guard.

Diamond Head, like many other sites, is slammed with tourists. So what can the state do? Mahealani Richardson © Provided by Honolulu KHNL Visitors to Diamond Head State Monument pass pre-pandemic levels. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The base of Diamond Head State Monument looks a bit like Disneyland these days with crowds and long lines of tourists eager for an adventure around one of Hawaii’s most popular landmarks. “Really busy, a little chaotic,” said Cassandra Springer, Diamond Head State Park coordinator. “It honestly surprised me how much people were here,” sa...

In Hawaii, reimagining tourism for a post-pandemic world 14 minutes to read 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 c...