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Maui mayor asks airlines for fewer tourists amid travel boom

The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: Tourism Executive Mufi Hannemann

Hawaiian plea to airlines: Please don't bring so many people here

Then suddenly the visitors all came flooding back. “Over-tourism” has long been a complaint of locals on the Hawaiian island that is among the world’s most popular getaways: congested roads, crowded beaches, packed restaurants. However, as the United States begins to recover from the pandemic, Maui is experiencing some of the same strains as the rest of the country, such as a shortage of hospitality workers. And its restaurants, which are still operating at capacity, are struggling to keep up. In recent months, the Hawaiian island of Maui has become so overrun with tourists that its mayor has taken the unusual step of pleading with airlines to fly in fewer people.

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Maui Mayor Asks Airlines for Fewer Tourists Amid Travel Boom

/ For nearly a year, Maui residents had their tropical oasis virtually to themselves. Then the visitors all came flooding back. “Over-tourism” has long been a complaint of locals on the Hawaiian island that is among the world’s most popular getaways: congested roads, crowded beaches, packed restaurants. But as the U.S. begins to emerge from the pandemic, Maui is reeling from some of the same strains seen on the mainland, like a shortage of hospitality workers. And its restaurants, still operating at limited capacity, are struggling to keep up. Now, as cooped-up mainlanders return in droves, Maui officials are making an unusual plea to airlines: Please don t bring so many people to our island.