Marsha Wienert Quotations

Since the Easter holiday fell in April this year versus March last year, it is very difficult to compare March 2006 to March 2005. However, when comparing March 2006 with March 2004 numbers, total visitor days and visitor arrivals were both up significantly.

Most of the small providers don't have the marketing dollars to get their Web site out there at the level that the destination does. So they rely on the destination to drive traffic to their site.

Passing the 7 million milestone was a tremendous achievement for our state's visitor industry.

The vision and goal is to ensure our airports are modern, efficient, passenger-friendly and secure.

We are encouraged that first-quarter arrivals set a new record for the domestic market and total visitor days exceeded all previous years. Furthermore, we are excited by the strong growth in visitor arrivals from Canada and by the continued increase in the level of overall expenditures.

We are especially pleased with the increase in daily and total expenditures by our visitors. We are very optimistic that this trend will continue throughout the year.

I know there are discussions about it, but that is all I know. It is being discussed.

I'm told that the airplanes now serve more airports around the state and Island Airlines provided more point-to-point connections between our islands than the other airlines in our state.

The continued record increase in visitor arrivals from the domestic market has been phenomenal.

As far as we can see it's nothing to be alarmed about. The demand for Hawaii is not easing as we move forward.

The cruise-industry growth is adding to the diversity of our visitor market.

The domestic market continues to outperform previously stated goals.

It's a small number, but it's growing. As more people migrate here to become residents, the word gets out in regards to what a beautiful destination this is.

The Japanese population is aging and has created a market niche with great potential for Hawaii. They have the income levels and the time to travel.