After fires, Maui struggles to find balance between encouraging tourism and compounding trauma
Maui's economy relies on tourism, but some residents say that they haven't recovered enough from August's deadly wildfires.
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Maui's economy relies on tourism, but some residents say that they haven't recovered enough from August's deadly wildfires.
The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Hawaii's historic town of Lahaina this summer.
Maui resident Erin Kelley has mixed feelings. Workers should have a place to live before tourists are welcome in west Maui, she said, but residents are so dependent on the industry that many will remain jobless without those same visitors.
Maui's economy relies on tourism, but some residents say that they haven't recovered enough from August's deadly wildfires.
Maui resident Erin Kelley has mixed feelings. Workers should have a place to live before tourists are welcome in west Maui, she said, but residents are so dependent on the industry that many will remain jobless without those same visitors.