Hawaii saw a 3.6% increase in air arrivals in August 2018.

Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 3.6% in August 2018, growing from 815,949 arrivals in August 2017 to 845,072 arrivals in August 2018. Air arrivals from the USA grew by 6.4%, from 501,626 in August 2017 to 533,362 in August 2018, but declined 0.6% from Japan (to 159,395 air arrivals) and by 4.7% from Canada (to 28,163 air arrivals). Tourist spending in August grew by 1.4% to $1.41 billion.

Through the first eight months of 2018 Hawaii saw a 7.4% increase in the volume of air arrivals, growing from 6,239,078 arrivals in 2017 to 6,700,520 air arrivals in 2018. Air arrivals from the USA increased by 9.7% in the same period, growing from 3,995,609 air arrivals in 2017 to 4,381,597 air arrivals in 2018, and grew 0.9% from Japan (to 1,044,039 air arrivals) and by 4.6% from Canada (to 360,828 air arrivals).

Total tourist spending increased by 8.8% in the first eight months of 2018, growing from $11.3 billion in 2017 to $12.3 billion in 2018. Average spend per visitor per day grew by 2.2%, from $199.20 per day in 2017 to $203.50 in 2018, while average spend per person per trip increased by 1.5%, from $1,795.50 in 2017 to $1,822.90 in 2018.

In the first eight months of 2018 33.4% of Hawaii’s tourists were visiting for the first time with 66.6% having visited the state before.
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