{"id":8894,"date":"2022-07-22T18:45:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendingsimple.com\/hawaii\/hawaii-news\/charting-a-new-course-for-tourism-in-hawaii\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T18:45:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:45:39","slug":"charting-a-new-course-for-tourism-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendingsimple.com\/hawaii\/hawaii-news\/charting-a-new-course-for-tourism-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Charting A New Course For Tourism In Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anyone wondering if Native Hawaiians are interested in tourism these days could have gotten a good idea this week at the Sheraton Waikiki hotel, where the nonprofit Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement<\/a> is holding its annual convention through Friday.<\/p>\n

A panel titled \u201cCulture, Tourism and Native Communities\u201d drew so much interest that, as the discussion was about to start, a line of well over a hundred people was spilling out of the packed meeting room. The crowd was so big that organizers had to move the talk to a massive ballroom.<\/p>\n

Kuhio Lewis, the council\u2019s chief executive, watched as the throngs filed into the bigger room.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen was the last time so many Hawaiians were interested in tourism?\u201d Lewis said. \u201cIt looks like the whole convention decided to come to this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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