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With officials often emphasizing âquality over quantityâ when it come to tourism, a sign questions âWhereâs the quality?â during a âTake Back the Beachâ rally at Wailea Beach on April 11. In response to long-brewing concerns about overtourism, the Maui County Councilâs budget committee is proposing to reduce funding to the Maui Visitors Bureau. â The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Saying they want to see more tourism management and “not more promotion” of the island, Maui County Council members are transferring county funding from the Maui Visitors Bureau and putting some of the money toward tourism management grants.