Highlighted News Stories From Maui, Early November 2022
Grand Wailea Lighting Settlement
To aid in the preservation of the threatened Hawaiian birds, the Grand Wailea Resort has put in place safety precautions. The resort and plaintiffs Conservation Council for Hawaii and Center for Biological Diversity reached a formal deal on October 21. Other precautions include covering or removing lighting, keeping an eye out for any downed birds, and making contributions to projects off-site. The resort also promised to provide money to programs off-site and to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in order to help Maui seabirds. Read more about the settlement.
Maui Tourism Numbers and Expenditures
In September, Maui had the second-highest number of tourists in the entire state. The tourism industry and visitor expenditure are still improving in Valley Isle. The state Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism issued preliminary visitor numbers, showing that 218,468 tourists arrived on Maui by plane in September. This was an increase of 4% from the previous month. The number of visitors in a month has only twice this year surpassed the number that visited in the same month before the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitor expenditure climbed by 22.3 percent from 2019. Learn more about Maui visitor arrivals.
Hotel Moratorium Expiring Soon
Members of the Maui County Council are a step away from lifting the ban on short-term guest housing. They want to maintain the current limits on temporary holiday rentals. Residents have demanded relief from overpopulation, the depletion of natural resources, traffic problems, and other effects of over-tourism. To give the council time to put suggestions from a Tourism Management Temporary Investigative Group into action, the moratorium on new tourist units was put into place. Read more about the hotel moratorium on Maui.
Environmental Programs on Maui and Molokai Received Grants From The Federal Programs Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office.
In order to create healthy ocean habitats, 5 projects in Maui County received government money in the fiscal year 2022. Grants and cooperation agreements totaling $8,294,694 were given. Programs on Molokai and Maui that support the NOAA Fisheries mission received parts of these grants. The Federal Programs Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office is responsible for the work. Learn more about the grants.
Wailea and Makena Market Update
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