HONOLULU — April marked the highest recovery rate for visitor arrivals to Hawaii since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary statistics released by the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
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According to the newly released data, 827,537 visitors arrived in Hawaii in April, an increase of 1.1% from April 2022 and a 97.4% recovery in total visitor arrivals from April 2019, the benchmark year prior to the pandemic
Visitors spent $1.7 billion in April, an 8% improvement over the previous April and a 30.7% increase over April 2019 ($1.32 billion)
The average length of stay by all visitors in April 2023 was 8.58 days compared to 8.68 days in April 2022 and 8.25 days in April 2019
There were 34,358 visitors from Japan compared to 6,749 visitors a year earlier, a 409.1% jump, but the figure still significantly trails the 119,487 Japanese visitors who came in April 2019
According to the newly released data, 827,537 visitors arrived in Hawaii in April, an increase of 1.1% from April 2022 and a 97.4% recovery in total visitor arrivals from April 2019, the benchmark year before the pandemic.
