The best kind of visitor can give back to Hawaii

The appeal of Hawaii during a global pandemic remains strong. While COVID-19 brought tourism to the brink of collapse, more people are coming to the islands every day — some of them because the coronavirus crisis is even worse elsewhere.

In the first 10 days of this month, 77,895 people arrived in Hawaii by air — an average of 7,790 passengers a day. Nearly half of them came here to vacation, while 1,554 of them said they planned to move here permanently.

While 7,790 is nowhere near the 30,000 daily arrivals we saw last year, it’s a lot more than the 1,031 that trickled in on May 29.

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