Mainland visitor traffic increases

November is seeing an increase in visitor volume from North America, both in comparison to a month earlier and a year earlier.
A typical day at this time of year brings 700 people to Kauai, 900 to the Big Island, 3,500 to Maui and 10,000 to Honolulu. But Kauai got 1,025 arrivals on Nov. 2 and 1,117 on Nov. 4. Big Island arrivals hit 1,188 on Nov. 3 and 1,426 on Nov. 4. Maui arrivals topped 4,000 four days in a row through Nov. 5. Honolulu domestic arrivals have topped 11,000 almost every day and twice topped 12,000.
Domestic arrivals from the start of the month through Tuesday neared 123,000, up 4.2 percent from a year ago, three times the year-to-year percentage point increase seen in either September or October, according to the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Domestic arrivals are up 3.9 percent to Oahu (in October they were down 0.2 percent), up 2.8 percent to Maui (in October they were up 2.0 percent), up 8.2 percent to the Big Island (in October they were up 4.1 percent) and up 9.2 percent to Kauai (where the October increase was almost 20 percent).
Japanese arrivals, which were down 11.6 percent in September and down 8.2 percent in October, are down 6.6 percent so far this month, compared to the same time last year.