O‘ahu’s visitor industry continues to post gains into third quarter of the year

Punchbowl Crater (Pūowaina).

HONOLULU – O‘ahu’s visitor industry remained strong through the third quarter of the year, according to statistics released today by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA).

Some of the highlights of the HTA’s third quarter report for O‘ahu include the following:

Visitor spending increased by 2.1 percent to $6.18 billion, compared to the third quarter of 2018.

Visitor arrivals increased by 5.9 percent to 4,690,139, compared to the third quarter of 2018.

The strong performance in the third quarter of the year follows yet another record year for the number of visitors coming to O‘ahu in 2018, when 5.93 million people visited the island out of the 9,954,548 visitors who enjoyed a vacation throughout the state. In 2018, O‘ahu also experienced a record increase in overall visitor spending, up 7.2 percent to $8.16 billion.

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