February arrivals: 615,295
February arrivals: 615,295 - 2005-03-03 - Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
Howard Dicus
Hawaii saw 615,295 arrivals by air in February, up 7.6 percent from 571,773 in the same month last year.
The state government's daily count, updated Wednesday night to put in the airport arrivals from Monday, showed February continued a trend set in January, when arrivals rose 7.7 percent to 646,923.
This means that January saw 46,008 more arrivals than last year and February saw 43,522 more arrivals. February is usually slower than January but the overall trend seems clear, and validates the state's confident prediction Tuesday that there will be a record 7.2 million visitors this year.
Domestic arrivals in February totaled 464,587, up 6.6 percent, led in raw numbers by 24,000 extra visitors to Honolulu, sending the Oahu total well over the 300,000 mark. Maui domestic arrivals rose the most in percentage terms, 8.2 percent, to 109,297. Kauai arrivals rose 3 percent and Big Island arrivals actually slipped 1.1 percent.
International arrivals totaled 151,105, up 11.1 percent. That broke down to 133,671 arrivals from Japan, up 8.3 percent, and 17,434 from other countries, up 37.7 percent.
Reach Howard Dicus at hdicus@bizjournals.com"
February arrivals: 615,295
Howard Dicus
Hawaii saw 615,295 arrivals by air in February, up 7.6 percent from 571,773 in the same month last year.
The state government's daily count, updated Wednesday night to put in the airport arrivals from Monday, showed February continued a trend set in January, when arrivals rose 7.7 percent to 646,923.
This means that January saw 46,008 more arrivals than last year and February saw 43,522 more arrivals. February is usually slower than January but the overall trend seems clear, and validates the state's confident prediction Tuesday that there will be a record 7.2 million visitors this year.
Domestic arrivals in February totaled 464,587, up 6.6 percent, led in raw numbers by 24,000 extra visitors to Honolulu, sending the Oahu total well over the 300,000 mark. Maui domestic arrivals rose the most in percentage terms, 8.2 percent, to 109,297. Kauai arrivals rose 3 percent and Big Island arrivals actually slipped 1.1 percent.
International arrivals totaled 151,105, up 11.1 percent. That broke down to 133,671 arrivals from Japan, up 8.3 percent, and 17,434 from other countries, up 37.7 percent.
Reach Howard Dicus at hdicus@bizjournals.com"
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