484,071 visitors arrived by air to Hawaii in April 2021
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Prior to the pandemic, Hawaii experienced record-level visitor expenditures and arrivals in 2019 and in the first two months of 2020.
Only 4,564 visitors traveled to Hawaii in April 2020
Visitor arrivals in April 2021 were down 43.0 percent from the April 2019 count
Visitor spending was down 38.4 percent from $1.32 billion spent in April 2019
According to preliminary statistics released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), a total of 484,071 visitors arrived by air service to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2021, compared to only 4,564 visitors who traveled to Hawaii in April 2020 when tourism to the islands virtually ceased due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Total spending for visitors arriving in April 2021 was $811.4 million.